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Re:Lights have been on at this school for a year because no ... by switch007 on Friday January 20, 2023 @04:55AM (#34450899)

Standardising on Matter? What was wrong with Zigbee/Zwave? How long until another standard comes along :D

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Re:Lights have been on at this school for a year because no ... by _djo_ on Friday January 20, 2023 @05:39AM (#34451181)

Thread has IP-based routing, can use 6LoWPAN, has a simpler gateway implementation in border routers, and they've separated out the application layer into Matter to allow for easier interoperability and evolution.

Zigbee's fine, but it's dated.

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Re:Lights have been on at this school for a year because no ... by jon-wood on Friday January 20, 2023 @06:22AM (#34451586)

Matter is in many ways a meta-standard. The transport layer may well be remain as Zigbee or Zwave, but by having at least the controllers supporting Matter you get interoperability between different protocols, rather than having to go all in on a specific one.

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Re:Lights have been on at this school for a year because no ... by parker_mountain on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:23AM (#34452774)

Thread is basically an evolution of Zigbee/Zwave, which both have been around for 20 years. Some of its key deficiencies include its routing, encryption, and meshing.

If we get another 20 years out of Thread/Matter, that's a pretty good outcome.

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