Re: best *current* home automation book? need to cram subject urgently

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> why not just run it at 2.4Ghz
> and get over 1200% bandwidth increase from 20kbps? Does the range fall
> off at higher frequencies?)

There's also error checking and other overhead so it's not just plain
division math.

> However, even at 20kbps, that's plenty bandwidth for a lot more than
> sensors

Yes, that's the point, enough to be able to "make sure" the signals are
getting delivered.

> isn't the voice data we hear
> on the phone 9.6kbps?).

Some encoders can be that low.  Others run higher to get better quality.
Depends on the telco switch involved and the amount of traffic.

> The 'mesh' cluster concept is pretty cool. kind of like a mini Internet
> in your home :).

The internet is not a mesh.  It has mesh-like properties but IP routing
isn't quite the same.