alt Hacker NewsThat stuff is good for drone warfare, mesh networks already been used in Ukraine
E.g. drones geographically organize themselves into a chain with each of them serving as a mesh-network node, then each of them, including the tip of a chain, can be controlled by operators, and the whole setup is a closed network which works without requiring Internet access
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> That stuff is good for drone warfare
> each of them serving as a mesh-network node
might have worked for a bit in the past, but is easily disrupted by jammers, and forced a switch to fiber-optic in-theater. People have learned from that and don't bother with radio anymore, even in new theaters.
Something like Trellisware's TSM waveform would be a better fit:
https://trellisware.wpengine.com/waveforms/tsm-waveform/
Nodes can cooperate to beamform and reach greater distances.
If this was good for drone warfare i think we'd see fewer carpets of fiber optic cable in the ukraine
The bandwidth of LoRa networks is really low. Anything beyond a environment sensors is stretching the design, especially on mesh networks.
Meshing two digit number of drones on a military grade reliability is a real uphill battle with chirp based protocols, as the high ToA reaches congestion fast.