So, clearly the advantages of a mesh network is increased coverage / effective range, and also you are not forced to have a central locus of control.
The idea of signals talking to each other, and effectively telling their "neighbors" what the status is appealing from a pure computer science viewpoint.
But, this also has some drawbacks... clearly the signals need their own local intelligence (but it's getting cheaper), and also, the lack of a central control means if you want some overall status, you might have to poll the signals from another place.
Interesting and fun to consider.
Greg
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