Mesh Gateway guidelines

Carefully plan the location of Mesh Gateway to ensure a reliable Silvanet Mesh Network.

Mesh Gateways allows data from distant Wildfire Sensors to be received by a Border Gateway which is typically deployed where it has good wired or wireless connectivity.

Mesh Gateway locations

To build up a Mesh Network, allow for the following conditions:

• Range to Border Gateway: Maximum distance between the Border Gateway and the nearest Mesh Gateway is 2 km to 3 km. Each Mesh Gateway can be up to 3 km from other Silvanet Gateways, depending on the topology and height at which the device has been deployed on a tree.

• Range to nearest Mesh Gateway: A Mesh Gateway must be within range of at least one other Mesh Gateway, which is 2 km to 3 km.

• Connectivity between two Mesh Gateways: Ensure each Mesh Gateway can connect to at least two other Mesh Gateways, or one Mesh Gateway if no other are within range.

Ensure the correct ratio of sensors per Mesh Gateway, which is maximum 100 sensors to each Mesh Gateway. See Sensor ratios.

In the following example, note the paths a message can take through the Mesh Network. A message has several routes to the Border Gateway, except one isolated Mesh Gateway. This ensures reliability in the network.

Mesh Network connectivity

For details, see Silvanet Mesh Gateways.