8. Appendices

Glossary

AT86RF215 – Dual-band (sub-GHz, 2.4 GHz) transceiver IC.
CI/CD – Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment.
dBm – Logarithmic unit of RF power relative to 1 mW.
EIRP – Effective isotropic radiated power.
FPGA – Reconfigurable integrated circuit.
HopSync™ – Beechat’s stateless FHSS protocol.
MIMO – Multiple-input multiple-output.
OTA – Over-the-air firmware update.
Reticulum – Cryptographic mesh stack used in Kaonic.
Zero-trust – Security model requiring cryptographic verification for all actions.