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Apr 8, 2026

EMQX Enterprise 6.2: Native Agent Discovery and Coordination for IoT and AI

This release takes MQTT a step further by adding native support for the A2A protocol over MQTT, enabling AI agents to register, discover, and collaborate directly through the broker without additional infrastructure.

EMQX Team
EMQX Enterprise 6.2: Native Agent Discovery and Coordination for IoT and AI
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 06: AUTH
Sep 19, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 06: AUTH

To achieve the Enhanced Authentication, MQTT introduced the AUTH packet to implement any number of authentication data exchanges, to support various types of authentication mechanisms, such as SCRAM, Kerberos authentication, and so on.

EMQX TeamMQTT
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 05: DISCONNECT
Sep 19, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 05: DISCONNECT

In MQTT, both the client and the server can send a DISCONNECT packet to the other party before disconnecting the network connection, indicating the reason for the connection closure.

EMQX TeamMQTT
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 04: PINGREQ & PINGRESP
Sep 19, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 04: PINGREQ & PINGRESP

MQTT has a type of packet used to simulate heartbeats between the client and server to maintain the connection. They are PINGREQ and PINGRESP packets, which we often call heartbeat packets.

EMQX TeamMQTT
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 03: SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE
Sep 15, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 03: SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE

In MQTT, the SUBSCRIBE packet is used to initiate a subscription request, while the SUBACK packet is used to return the subscription result. The UNSUBSCRIBE and UNSUBACK packets are used when unsubscribing.

EMQX TeamMQTT
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 02: PUBLISH & PUBACK
Sep 15, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 02: PUBLISH & PUBACK

This blog will introduces the PUBLISH packet used to deliver application messages in MQTT, and its response packets.

EMQX TeamMQTT
RabbitMQ vs Kafka: 5 Key Differences & Leading Use Cases
Sep 13, 2023

RabbitMQ vs Kafka: 5 Key Differences & Leading Use Cases

RabbitMQ is an open-source message-broker software that transmits data between applications and services. Kafka is an open-source distributed message streaming platform.

JaylinMQTT
MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 01: CONNECT & CONNACK
Sep 9, 2023

MQTT 5.0 Packet Explained 01: CONNECT & CONNACK

MQTT connection requires CONNECT and CONNACK packets. CONNECT initiates the request and server responds with CONNACK indicating connection result.

EMQX TeamMQTT
Explore New Features of MQTT 5.0: Usage Examples Based on MQTTX CLI
Sep 7, 2023

Explore New Features of MQTT 5.0: Usage Examples Based on MQTTX CLI

This blog will introduce each new feature introduced in 5.0 in turn, and use the MQTTX CLI tool to demonstrate how we can use these features in EMQX.

MQTTX TeamProduct
Using MQTT in Unity with M2MqttUnity Library: A Step-by-Step Guide
Aug 25, 2023

Using MQTT in Unity with M2MqttUnity Library: A Step-by-Step Guide

This blog provides a simple Unity3d project for using M2MQTT with Unity. The project includes an example scene with a user interface for managing the connection to the broker and testing messaging.

EMQX TeamMQTT
JWT Authentication and JWKS Endpoint in MQTT: Principle and a Hands-on Guide
Aug 9, 2023

JWT Authentication and JWKS Endpoint in MQTT: Principle and a Hands-on Guide

This article will introduce the basic principles of Token-Based Authentication based on JWT, and how to build your own JWKS Endpoint.

EMQX TeamMQTT
Authorization in MQTT: Using ACLs to Control Access to MQTT Messaging
Aug 2, 2023

Authorization in MQTT: Using ACLs to Control Access to MQTT Messaging

Understand what authorization is and common methods in MQTT. Learn how to use ACLs to control access to MQTT messaging.

Ernest RussellMQTT
MQTT vs AMQP for IoT Communications: Head to Head
Jul 28, 2023

MQTT vs AMQP for IoT Communications: Head to Head

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport), is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol. AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol), is a protocol for distributed systems that supports a range of messaging patterns

EMQX TeamMQTT