6.1 Mi-Wi Mesh

  • The user can increase the interval for sending the periodic indirect data request (DATA_REQUEST_SEND_INTERVAL) to the maximum possible for the application scenario. This can have a direct impact on the power consumption as the major contribution of power consumption in a sleeping end device’s lifecycle is data request transmissions. The trade-off on increasing the DATA_REQUEST_SEND_INTERVAL can be an increase in latency to reach the end device, thereby affecting the effective data throughput.
  • Optimize the RXOFF_DEVICE_TIMEOUT_IN_SEC to allow the parent to wait for a longer duration before considering an end device to be out-of-network. The trade-off of increasing this value would be having the coordinator device wait for a longer duration to consider the device to be out-of-network. Also, any other new nearby devices would not be allowed to join in a high dense network implementation.
  • Optimize the APP_SENDING_INTERVAL to ensure the device transmits only when required.
  • Disable ACK when transmitting the non-critical application data network level.