Qualcomm Unveils Mesh Network Platform for Smart Home Devices

Qualcomm is billing its new mesh networking platform as a way for OEMs and broadband carriers to deliver connected home experiences, said the company in a Computex news release. It said the platform delivers robust and consistent connectivity for smart home devices, has voice control capability, centralized management and security and mesh system features required for carrier-grade networks. The platform’s reference design gives OEMs an accelerated path for developing mesh networking products, it said. The Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform is built on Qualcomm’s IPQ40x8/9 network system-on-chip.