Two ways to stay connected.
Every Senselink node carries two radios: a LoRaWAN uplink for normal operation, and a MeshCore mesh that takes over when infrastructure fails. The switch is automatic — the operator just keeps seeing data.
Through existing infrastructure.
Nodes uplink over LoRaWAN — a long-range, low-power radio protocol built exactly for small sensor payloads on battery power. Readings travel through a gateway to the platform, and a single gateway serves a whole field of nodes.
When that infrastructure fails.
If the gateway is destroyed, jammed, or was never there, nodes self-form a MeshCore network: each node relays for its neighbours, hop by hop, until data reaches any point that still has a route out. No configuration, no operator action.
Two protocols, one job.
LoRaWAN
- Role
- Primary uplink — the everyday connection
- Topology
- Star — nodes talk to a gateway
- Depends on
- Existing gateway & backhaul infrastructure
- Range
- Long range per link, terrain-dependent
- Power
- Very low — built for battery deployments
- When it runs
- Whenever infrastructure is reachable
MeshCore
- Role
- Fallback network — takes over when the uplink fails
- Topology
- Mesh — nodes talk to each other and relay
- Depends on
- Nothing but the nodes themselves
- Range
- Shorter per hop — extended by multi-hop relaying
- Power
- Low — active only when relaying is needed
- When it runs
- Automatically, the moment it isn't
What happens when things break.
Resilience isn't a feature we added — it's the reason the system exists. Here's the walkthrough we give every customer.
A node goes down?
The rest of the network keeps reporting. In mesh mode, traffic automatically routes around the missing node — no single node is a point of failure.
The gateway goes down?
Nodes switch to MeshCore and relay readings node-to-node toward any point that still has a route out. Readings are also stored locally, so nothing is lost in the gap.
All external infrastructure goes down?
The mesh keeps operating as a self-contained network. Data accumulates on the nodes and at the mesh edge, and syncs in full the moment any uplink — restored gateway, portable receiver — becomes available.
Built for customers who ask hard questions.
Our customers are nuclear operators, civil protection, and defense — so the data pipeline is designed encrypted end to end, from the node radio to the platform. Readings are signed at the source, stored locally as a tamper-evident record, and mesh traffic carries no more information than it needs to route. We validate this posture with pilot partners rather than making claims ahead of testing.