Introduction#
A new way of configuring the Bluetooth Mesh stack, namely through components and the Bluetooth Mesh Configurator tool, was introduced beginning with Bluetooth Mesh SDK v2.0 and Simplicity Studio 5.
Terminology#
The following table gathers the Bluetooth mesh-specific terms in use in this document. Those terms are defined in the SIG Bluetooth Mesh Protocol specification.
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Address | The identity of one or more elements in one or more nodes. |
Configuration Client | A node that implements the Configuration Client model. |
Destination | The address to which a message is sent. |
Device | An entity that is capable of being provisioned onto a mesh network. |
Element | An addressable entity within a device. A device is required to have at least one element. |
Message | A sequence of octets that is sent from a source to a destination. |
Network | A group of nodes sharing a common address space. |
Node | A provisioned device. |
Provision | The process of authenticating and providing basic information (including unicast addresses and a network key) to a device. A device must be provisioned to become a node. Once provisioned, a node can transmit or receive messages in a mesh network. |
Provisioner | A node that is capable of adding a device to a mesh network. |
Relay | A node that receives and then retransmits messages. |
Source | The address from which a message is sent. |
State | A value representing a condition of an element that is exposed by an element of a node. |
Subnet | A group of nodes that can communicate with each other. |