Adoption of the newly developed multi-AP mesh standard to drive interoperability between players in hardware and software will continue to be a key theme in the WiFi industry through 2018 and beyond. A significant step was made towards the trend this week as US equipment powerhouse Arris announced support for the newly released multi-AP EasyMesh specification, which is based on technical specs from non-profit organization the WiFi Alliance. This means Arris will submit products from its HomeAssure whole home WiFi portfolio for WiFi Certified EasyMesh certification. However, EasyMesh is considered to be a few years behind proprietary mesh architectures from the likes of AirTies and Comcast where technologies cannot interoperate. That said, it’s easy to assume a mesh standard could…