This year is going to mark the start of iot device connectivity on a large massive scale. Matter is an application layer that runs over Thread and other IP-based networks. But without a standard that defines the content of those messages, devices from different manufacturers don’t interoperate. Likewise, Thread doesn’t care if you’re sending messages to unlock a door, turn on a light, set the temperature, or raise a window shade. Those messages can be web pages, audio, video, photos, or documents. Your home Wi-Fi router doesn’t care about the content of the messages that flow through it. Thread is an IP-based network by design, so it is inherently message-agnostic. That’s intentional – it’s a feature, not a bug. Like Wi-Fi, Thread defines the network protocols but not the message content. ![]() “Although Thread has been around for years, it has been slow to catch on, partly because it does not specify an “application layer” – a standard set of commands and data formats that enable device communication. Here is one of the better summary explanation of the matter and thread technologies.
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