Bluetooth Special Interest Group Forms Mesh Network Smart Home Subgroup

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group formed a subgroup for companies adopting Bluetooth mesh networking for smart home devices. It will create additional mesh model specifications for smart home and related applications, said Bluetooth SIG. Mesh models comprise the application layer of Bluetooth mesh networking and define the behavior of devices connected to the network, it said. Over 60 member companies are participating in the new smart home subgroup including Alibaba, GCT Semiconductor, Lierda, MediaTek, Midea Group IoT, Nordic Semiconductor, Novel Bits, S-Labs, Telink Semiconductor, Synopsys, UL Verification Services and Xiaomi, it said Tuesday.