The mesh networking is a proven technology in terms of design and scalability. Information Technology has already seen the advantages of this technology in the form of wireless mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, mobile ad-hoc networks and vehicular ad-hoc networks. In the Bluetooth World 2016, SIG showed their interest in the mesh technology and announced that they are working with Qualcomm to build a first generation mesh technology by next year.

The mesh technology is a significant advantage of ZigBee in the latest times because it is fully developed and fully functional mesh mechanism to support upto 65,000 nodes mesh. Bluetooth, on the other hand, does not support mesh technology. By entering in the mesh networking, Bluetooth Low Energy will become powerful enough to replace ZigBee in the commercial industry. Logical prediction can be made that the adoption of the Bluetooth mesh will be much faster as it will be supported by the cellular phones, tablets, and laptops.

A much detailed overview and a practical hands-on approach on the Bluetooth Mesh will be discussed in Chapter 6, Bluetooth Mesh Technology.