TI's Wi-SUN® FAN v1.0.0 flow supports the following device types and designs:
- Border router
- Based on TI CC13x2x7
series (704KB) and CC13x4x10 series (1MB) memory devices in Network
Processor (NWP) mode requiring a Host Processor for providing backhaul
connectivity
- Supports UART
communication through a TI defined NWP interface (based on SPINEL
interface layer)
- Router device in NWP mode
- Supported in both TI
CC13x2xx series (352 KB), CC13x2x7 series (704 KB) and CC13x4x10 series
(1MB) devices
- Supports UART
communication through a TI defined NWP interface (based on SPINEL
interface layer)
- Embedded Router
- Based on TI CC13x2x7
series (704KB) and CC13x4x10 series (1MB) memory devices
- Provides an example
implementation based on CoAP Application
- Over-the-Air Download
(OAD) functionality with off-chip memory for CC13x2x7 series (704KB) and
on-chip memory for CC13x4x10 series (1MB)
A network can consist of a variety of the aforementioned devices and roles in a Wi-SUN® FAN. One possible network
architecture that displays all of the roles is visualized in Figure 1.
The network associated with a border router is called a PAN. Multiple PANs can be
connected through a WAN Backhaul to extend the network coverage. This backhaul is
not part of the Wi-SUN® FAN
specification.