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This chapter will outline a few different sensible starting paths to get
real-world functional wireless communications up and running with minimal cost
and effort. Two fundamental devices categories will be covered, *RNodes* and
*WiFi-based radios*. While there are many other device categories that are
useful in building Reticulum networks, knowing how to just employ these two
will make it possible to build a wide range of useful networks with little
effort.
*WiFi-based radios*.
While there are many other device categories that are useful in building Reticulum
networks, knowing how to employ just these two will make it possible to build
a wide range of useful networks with little effort.
.. _rnode-main:
@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ commonly either very expensive, difficult to set up and operate, hard to source,
power-hungry, or all of the above at the same time. In an attempt to alleviate
this situation, the transceiver system *RNode* was designed. It is important to
note that RNode is not one specific device, from one particular vendor, but
*an open plaform* that anyone can use to build digital transceivers suited to
their needs and particular situations.
*an open plaform* that anyone can use to build interoperable digital transceivers
suited to their needs and particular situations.
An RNode is a general purpose, interoperable, low-power and long-range, reliable,
open and flexible radio communications device. Depending on its components, it can
@ -48,11 +49,11 @@ operate on many different frequency bands, and use many different modulation
schemes, but most commonly, and for the purposes of this chapter, we will limit
the discussion to RNodes using *LoRa* modulation in common ISM bands.
**Avoid Confusion!** An RNode can use LoRa as a *physical-layer modulation*, but it
**Avoid Confusion!** RNodes can use LoRa as a *physical-layer modulation*, but it
does not use, and has nothing to do with the *LoRaWAN* protocol and standard, commonly
used for IoT devices. RNodes use *raw LoRa modulation*, without any additional
protocol overhead. All high-level protocol funcionality is handled directly by
Reticulum.
used for centrally controlled IoT devices. RNodes use *raw LoRa modulation*, without
any additional protocol overhead. All high-level protocol funcionality is handled
directly by Reticulum.
.. _rnode-creating:
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
RNode has been designed as a system that is easy to replicate across time and
space. You can put together a functioning transceiver using commonly available
components, and a few software tools. While you can design and build RNodes
components, and a few open source software tools. While you can design and build RNodes
completely from scratch, to your exact desired specifications, this chapter
will explain the easiest possible approach to creating RNodes, which is using common
will explain the easiest possible approach to creating RNodes: Using common
LoRa development boards. This approach can be boiled down to two simple steps:
1. Obtain one or more supported development boards
@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ networks running concurrently on such devices.
Combining Hardware Types
========================
It is a useful tool to combine different link and hardware types when designing and
It is useful to combine different link and hardware types when designing and
building a network. One useful design pattern is to employ high-capacity point-to-point
links based on WiFi or millimeter-wave radios (with high-gain directional antennas)
for the network backbone, and using LoRa-based RNodes for covering large areas with