1. Project Introduction
SmartMesh has built a parallel network to the international internet based on direct phone-to-phone connections, allowing traffic that does not need to be sent to central servers to communicate within a local mesh network, saving traffic resources and reducing the radiation and waste of electric communication. By creating an ecosystem through the foundation, SmartMesh aims to make connections between people, people and things, and things themselves more convenient and simple. The future direction of SmartMesh is towards off-grid communication, payments, and gaming.
There are many pioneers in the field of Mesh Network, but it is clear that a Mesh Network composed of mobile phones is at the forefront. In the leading field of near-field communication worldwide, Australia's Serval and China's NextApp have respectively optimized Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, ANT, and other wireless protocols, as well as the application software mentioned above, making near-field communication for both Android and iOS phones a reality. Each communication application based on Mesh Network achieves the same thing: it allows you to communicate with others without a SIM card. Their user scenarios may be slightly different, focusing on chat, research, or social interaction, but together they have tens of millions of users.
Based on existing technological advantages and ecosystem resources, SmartMesh will continue to deepen the development of IoT underlying protocols and integrate top global off-grid communication companies. It aims to develop unified global standards for IoT communication. The SmartMesh Foundation will continuously introduce third-party development teams through incubation and cooperation to implement various application scenarios based on the SmartMesh protocol.
3. Application Scenarios
- Off-grid Payments In places without network connectivity, such as islands or other areas without internet, SmartMesh can facilitate peer-to-peer payments, forming a mesh network. In this scenario, every smart device – be it a phone, in-vehicle equipment, etc. – can become a node, allowing payments to be smoothly completed without a network.
- Off-grid Communication In countries with poor network communication infrastructure or no network signal, it becomes difficult for people to communicate with each other. In extreme situations like earthquakes or other disasters, where there is no signal, how can one send out distress signals? Furthermore, on a broader scale, there are still billions of people worldwide without access to the internet and can't communicate. However, the absence of the internet does not mean the inability to connect and communicate. One of the user scenarios for SmartMesh is to solve this problem. With just a smartphone and the SmartMesh app, connectivity can be achieved, forming a mesh network and allowing communication with everyone on the mesh network, even without internet.
- Network Congestion Even with a network, congestion is still a pressing issue, especially when there are many users accessing the network at the same time. Additionally, in outdoor settings, tunnels, airplanes, and other places, there is often no network but the need for communication remains. Joining the SmartMesh network in such situations significantly improves network transmission speed and quality, effectively addressing network congestion.
2. Commentary
SmartMesh is a protocol for user-initiated communication, enabling smartphone users to build a decentralized mesh network using tokens. The SMART token is the primary virtual currency circulating on the SmartMesh network. Developers can install the SmartMesh network SDK into any application to utilize our mesh network when network signal is weak.
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