The Weightless SIG has revealed the first look at its latest protocol to target the IoT networking space, with the unveiling of Weightless-P – a sub-GHz protocol that aims to provide the bidirectional functionality that isn’t provided or prioritized by the Weightless-N standard. Following the origin model used in Weightless-N, which is almost entirely based on technology contributed by Nwave, Weightless-P is mostly derived from the portfolio of M2Communication (M2Comm) – a Taiwanese business that provides a protocol called Platanus that provides a very similar list of capabilities as Weightless-P. M2Comm likened its contribution to Weightless as “Platanus on steroids,” with some similar aspects but “some tweaks and new features added to achieve reliable, bi-directional 2km range in a cluttered…