Planning guidelines

Guidelines for planning Border Gateways, Mesh Gateways and Wildfire Sensors locations in a Site.

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Deployments stages

Validate the scalability of the Silvanet System using a Pilot deployment followed by a full-scale Live deployment.

Scout deployment locations

Dryad recommends visiting the Site prior to planning device locations to make notes about the topology and other features of the Site that might inform where to place Silvanet devices.

Gateway ratios

The amount of Mesh Gateways supported by Border Gateways is variable but should not exceed on Border Gateway for every 20 Mesh Gateways.

Gateway ranges

Ensure Border Gateways and Mesh Gateways are within specified ranges which is 2.0 km to 3.0 km.

Sensor ratios

Each Mesh Gateway can support up to 100 Wildfire Sensors. Each Border Gateway has no limit on the number of Wildfire Sensors in can support.

Sensor range

Wildfire Sensors detect gases of a smoldering fire in its ultra-early stage within a range of between 80 m to 100 m around the Sensor. The maximum range between the Sensor and a Mesh Gateway is 1 km.

Sensor density

The number of sensors per hectare is dependent on human activity in a Site as well as the presence of WUIs (Wildland Urban Interface) in a Site.