Seems harder, not to open API
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Wi-fi mesh is the holy grail of p2p ranged comms. Trust yall galaxy devs will figure it out šŖ
would it make sense to look into #meshtastic? Could be another useful transport layer. https://meshtastic.org/
Meshtastic is great, however my understanding is that it requires special hardware few have.
On the other hand there are six - seven billion mobile devices with wi-fi that people have at home, work, in their pocket.
Yep, meshtastic needs extra hardware, but can do good distance. However, not as a replacement for BT or WiFi more like an extra option.
Yeah, it does require specific devices. However, the upside to it is that it can go way farther than Bluetooth.
I had my node here in my window and was talking with a router 200 feet on a tower from a couple of miles away. And there's another guy in my area who had his node up on a 30 foot flagpole and was talking to the router from 17 and a half miles away. Bluetooth just cannot do that.
About the maximum you're going to get with a 7-hop Bluetooth mesh is about a mile. In meshtastic, it can be several hundred miles.
Iām all for meshtastic, and all too aware of the challenges of bluetooth.
I am advocating for a wi-fi mesh network, which seems like a sweet spot between meshtastic and bluetooth radios.
Yeah, if Wi-Fi direct can be used, I think that would be a good middle point because it's got bigger range than Bluetooth, but it's still not super crazy.