Thread Group Makes a Push Beyond the Smart Home Via IPv6 Protocol

The Thread Group is looking to expand beyond the smart home and into commercial building and professional sectors via extensions to the existing specification for its IPv6 protocol, it said in a Wednesday news release. The extensions will address use cases including enterprise security and commissioning options and enabling and managing Thread subnets, it said. Thread is built on open standards for low-power 802.15.4 mesh networks that can connect hundreds of devices to each other and directly to the cloud, said the group.