An introduction to Bluetooth mesh for Android developers

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Bluetooth mesh is a networking stack released summer 2017 that uses Bluetooth Low Energy radios to relay messages up to 127 hops, supporting multicast patterns for smart buildings and lighting. Android interacts via the mesh proxy GATT service (in/out characteristics), uses 29‑octet 29-octet PDUs and mandatory net/app keys for security, and devices require provisioning. Development uses vendor dev boards (Silicon Labs Cypress Nordic) or Zephyr RTOS on cheap hardware; the presenter implements working clients in JavaScript and demonstrates Android BLE integration.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:00Flavors of Bluetooth
3. 1:28Bluetooth Low Energy
4. 1:49Bluetooth Mesh Networking
5. 4:43Multi-Hop Messaging
6. 6:04Reliability
7. 7:41What Is the Network
8. 8:16Provisioning
9. 9:53Group Addresses
10. 11:52Scenes
11. 12:47Models
12. 13:56Generic Models
13. 16:29Hsl
14. 16:51State Binding
15. 17:13Ambient Light Sensor
16. 19:31Recap
17. 19:50Discover Bluetooth Low-Energy Devices
18. 25:04Security
19. 25:55Security Keys
20. 29:37Bluetooth Mesh Developer Boards
21. 30:01Zephyr

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