JupiterMesh FAQ

What is JupiterMesh? 

JupiterMesh is the robust, low-power industrial IoT wireless mesh network with flexible data rates that enables neighborhood and field area communications for utilities and municipalities deploying intelligent grid and smart city solutions.

Built on open IETF and IEEE standards it includes advanced technologies such as IPv6, frequency hopping, multi-band operation, authentication, encryption, and key management to drive industry realization of interoperable multi-vendor implementations that scale and that are secure and easy to manage.

What markets is JupiterMesh intended for? 

JupiterMesh provides enhanced communications capabilities that enable new applications and use cases for electric, gas and water utilities and smart cities that are driving the Active Grid. 

What are the main use cases JupiterMesh addresses? 

JupiterMesh is an industrial IoT mesh network designed specifically for the wireless NAN (neighborhood area network) environment and its critical requirements.

These include applications to improve grid and pipeline safety, efficiency, and reliability; to accommodate renewable and distributed generation integration; and to drive improvements in consumer-facing applications such as demand response, energy efficiency and conservation.

How do I get my product certified?

Learn more about the Alliance certification programs.

What are the benefits of JupiterMesh? 

JupiterMesh answers the industry’s call for higher data rates for smart metering applications, and lower latencies and better bandwidths management for demanding smart grid applications.  

JupiterMesh delivers the security, reliability, and efficiency to meet all critical industry requirements for public and private neighborhood area networks. 

It provides enhanced communications capabilities that enable new applications and use cases for electric, gas and water utilities and smart cities that are driving the Active Grid. These include applications to improve grid and pipeline safety, efficiency, and reliability; to accommodate renewable and distributed generation integration; and to drive improvements in consumer-facing applications such as demand response, energy efficiency and conservation.

What are the main features of JupiterMesh? 

JupiterMesh offers flexible data rates that enable neighborhood and field area communications for utilities and municipalities deploying intelligent grid and smart city solutions.

JupiterMesh answers the industry’s call to provide higher data rates for smart metering, lower latencies, bandwidth management for demanding smart grid applications, security, reliability for critical industry requirements, and support for battery-powered end-nodes. 

What kind of security does JupiterMesh use? 

JupiterMesh utilizes IETF security protocols such as; PANA, EAP-TLS and HIP-DEX for network access authentication and key distribution, and AES-128-CCM-based message authentication and encryption.

How is JupiterMesh different from Zigbee? 

JupiterMesh is an industrial mesh network protocol focused specifically on neighborhood field communications between utilities. 

JupiterMesh is not intended for consumer applications, instead focusing on providing robust low-power communications for large scale installations featuring end devices, metering devices, and utilities from a variety of vendors.