IT Home reported on January 11 that Thread Group recently issued a press release announcing its 2024 development plan, one of the key changes involving Thread border routers, allowing them to connect to each other through a unified mesh network.
In the current smart home ecosystem, if you want to use thread, one of the problems is that you need to connect to the ecosystem-related mesh network.
This limits the ability of devices from different manufacturers to connect to each other, and may also limit the coverage of each individual mesh network.
In a press release, the Thread Group said that the planned introduction of credential sharing across Thread in 2024 will make it easier to add new Thread border routers or Thread devices to existing Thread networks.
Since all devices only need to use a single Thread network, which may include multiple border routers working together, a more reliable home network would theoretically result.
The press release also said that 2024 will improve the connection experience of Thread border routers, allowing manufacturers to develop devices that better leverage cloud computing for dynamic functions.
IT House Note: Thread is a setIPv6-based low-power mesh networking protocol, which is commonly used in IoT products. The Thread protocol is based on IEEE 80215.4 technology, so devices in a Thread network can't communicate directly with Wi-Fi or Ethernet devices.
In order for a Thread device to interconnect with other devices in the network, we need to add a special device to the topology of Matter:thread border router
A Thread Border Router is used to connect a Thread network to other IP-based networks, such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Thread networks require at least one border router to connect to other networks.