Wi-SUN

The Wi-SUN Field Area Network (FAN) is based on open standards from IEEE802, IETF, ANSI/TIA and ETSI.

Wi-SUN FAN operates on license-exempt sub-GHz RF band and uses frequency hopping to lower interference. Therefore, Wi-SUN is well suited for outdoor installations and dense urban neighborhoods.

The Mbed OS Wi-SUN stack is built on IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN), which itself builds on IEEE 802.15.4 to offer IP-based networking. Internet Protocol (IP) provides the core mechanism for relaying datagrams across IP networks, and its routing capabilities enable internetworking.

You can find more details about Wi-SUN at the Wi-SUN Alliance site.

Mbed Wi-SUN API

Mbed OS provides the Mesh C++ API for building Wi-SUN applications.

• To connect to the Wi-SUN network, use the Wi-SUN interface API.
• For the socket communication over the Wi-SUN network, use the Mbed sockets API.

Nanostack Wi-SUN API

Mbed Wi-SUN is implemented in the Nanostack library that provides a set of C API headers with more functionalities. The nanostack folder has the following header files that can be used with Wi-SUN:

• net_interface.h for initializing, starting and stopping a Wi-SUN interface.
• ws_management_api.h for configuring device behavior.
• ws_bbr_api.h for Wi-SUN backbone border router application interface.

Mbed Wi-SUN examples

Mbed Wi-SUN network consists of routers and border router(s). Mbed OS provides example applications to build Wi-SUN application.

Router

You can find an example using the Mesh C++ API for building a Wi-SUN router device in the mesh minimal example.

Border router

You can find an example using the Nanostack API to build a Wi-SUN border router at nanostack border router.