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Thread

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IPv6 mesh on IEEE 802.15.4 using 6LoWPAN compression, mesh forwarding, and border routers to upstream Ethernet/Wi-Fi. It often carries Matter application traffic for smart-home devices. Routers, REEDs, and sleepy end devices share a self-healing mesh.

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  • Thread Specification (Thread Group)

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