Goal
The part discusses how the canopy network works, and is already deployed in your building. No answers to write down, but make sure to ask as many questions as you can!
Deployment
The canopy network serves as a backbone for the low-power wireless mesh network you are deploying throughout your building. It consists of a number of SmartMesh IP managers connected to raspberry Pi single board computers, and a some DC9018 boars deployed on different floors of your building.
different DC2274+raspberry Pi gateways are installed on different floors | a number of DC9018 provide coverage to the entire floors |
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The low-power wireless network in each floor is independent. They do, however, share the same netid. This means your mote can attach any of the networks.
Networking Architecture of the Canopy Network
The following diagram shows the (software) architecture of the canopy network: each gateway device is connected to the IBM Cloud running a number of micro-services.
Crash Course 33.2.1 (given by your instructor)
Ask away until you have a good understanding of how the canopy network is put together.
Software Architecture of a Gateway
This diagram shows what you will run on your gateway
Visualizing the Network Topology
stars.solsystem.io is a website which shows the topology of the canopy network
Crash Course 33.2.2 (given by your instructor)
Ask away until you have a good understanding of how the canopy network is put together.