@mfalkvidd said:

Sounds like a cool project by the way. Can you share any information about it?

Unfortunately I don't think I should share anything just yet, but once the system architecture gets finalized and the product starts to come together, I'll definitely share then. :)

Thanks @mfalkvidd

The good news for me is that speed is not that important, so with these numbers, even 250kbit should be sufficient. Only a small percentage of the nodes will need to report data at any time back to the gateways, with a very small payload, only a few bytes. The bulk of the data would be sent to the nodes. Also typically a small percentage of the entire network at one time, but potentially occasionally to a large portion of the network, with roughly 12 byte payloads.

Thanks again!

I've searched around for this question, but haven't really found a good answer.

I see what the maximum theoretical node count for a full network would be: 255 Nodes per Channel, 125 Channels.

But, not having much experience with RF applications, I'm curious what the practical maximum node count might be, as I'm assuming at some point the environment would just be too noisy? I dunno.

What is the largest implementation anybody has seen so far? I couldn't find any good info on this either.

I'm evaluating the NRFs for use in a network that could potentially have up to 5000 nodes in a 5000 sq ft area. Is that just crazy talk?