The Bluetooth Mesh Difference

We've published  - what I consider very informative - The Myths, Facts, and Futureof Wireless Lighting Control on https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/. It is quite a read and for those who feel overwhelmed by 2 pages of text, a single word to remember about Bluetooth mesh:

MULTICAST

I was posting on multicast many times before. It is obvious that this is a fundamental requirement for lighting control. Actually the requirement is low - latency - secure - multicast, which requires blending fire and ice and I believe this is where Bluetooth mesh excels.

It does other things very well too - like privacy, openness, interoperability and ease of use. All these advantages are the ingredients needed for a broad market adoption. But from an architectural perspective, I think multicast is where Bluetooth mesh is really different from other potentially competing technologies.

Ah... and it is also fully

DECENTRALIZED

This is the second fundamentally different architectural approach. The practical dimension of that is no point of failure (can your network do that?) and scalability due to vastly reduced application traffic.

What does it mean in practice? Vendors love it. Installers love it. Customers love it. A winning combination :)