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RE: Connectivity of the Internet of Things (Pt2)
Great informative post. What routers and cloud solutions would you use for internet of things?
Great informative post. What routers and cloud solutions would you use for internet of things?
Thanks for the compliment.
There are many routers being developed now adays targeting IoT an example and a good one is the OnHub from TP-LINK and Google.
But I'll go in for ASUS RT-AC88U due to the fact that it's already ahead in technology with it's MU-MIMO.
Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) technology
The RT-AC88U supports Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) technology, which is designed to handle Wi-Fi bandwidth efficiently. MU-MIMO was first introduced with the Qualcomm MU/EFX 802.11AC Wi-Fi chip. The RT-AC88U, however, uses the first Broadcom Wi-Fi chip that supports this technology.
Prior to MU-MIMO, all 802.11ac routers treat all Wi-Fi clients the same, regardless of their Wi-Fi power. Since a router typically has more Wi-Fi power than a client, in a particular wireless connection, the router is hardly used at full capacity. For this reason, most Wi-Fi connections are not efficient, where the router wastes its power for lower-tier clients and hence doesn't have enough power to maintain connection quality for multiple clients.
With MU-MIMO, multiple simultaneous transmissions of different Wi-Fi tiers are sent to multiple devices at the same time, enabling them to connect at the speed each client needs. In other words, having a MU-MIMO Wi-Fi network is like having multiple wireless routers of different Wi-Fi tiers. Each of these "routers" is dedicated to each tier of devices in the network, so that multiple devices can connect at the same time without slowing one another down.
MU-MIMO has been quickly adopted by both routers and clients, and it's predicted that by the end of next year, most, if not all, new Wi-Fi devices will support this technology.
For IoT cloud solution, it also depends on the hardware you use in implementation. eg (MSP432 MCU, Arduino, Raspberry pi, etc)
But Sierra Wireless has a cloud platform with a lot of tools for app development.