Mesh Gateway guidelines
Carefully plan the location of Mesh Gateway to ensure a reliable Silvanet Mesh Network in the forest.
Mesh Gateways provide a Silvanet Mesh Network to be established in a forest. The Mesh Network allows communication from distant sensors in a forest to be received by a Border Gateway deployed at the edge of a forest.
To build up a Mesh Network, allow for the following conditions:
Distance (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 or further from other gateways, depending on the topology and height at which the device has been deployed on a tree.
Distance (range) to nearest Mesh Gateway: The second Mesh Gateway must be within range of the first Mesh Gateway (2 km to 3 km).
Connectivity between two Mesh Gateways: Ensure each Mesh Gateway has connectivity to two other Mesh Gateways (one Gateway if no other Gateway is within range). This builds up the Silvanet Mesh Network. See Connectivity tests.
Connectivity between Wildfire Sensors to Border Gateway: After deploying the Mesh and Border Gateways and ensuring connectivity, the sensors can be deployed. This ensures each sensor has connectivity via the Mesh Network to the Border Gateway.
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.
For details about Mesh Gateways, see Silvanet Mesh Gateways in Explore Silvanet.
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