# MQTT

MQTT is an Internet of Things connectivity protocol. It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. It is useful for connections with remote locations where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is at a premium” (Source: [MQTT.org](https://mqtt.org/)).

In this section you will find the documentation needed to publish data to AlphaX over MQTT.

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