# MQTT Broker Federation / Bridging **URL:** \ **Category:** MQTT Modules\ **Tags:** mqtt-distributor\ **Created:** [December 8, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/mqtt-broker-federation-bridging/477 "2023-12-08T18:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thidalgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@thidalgo](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/mqtt-broker-federation-bridging/477/1 "2023-12-08T18:41:30Z")
In most cases, manufacturing organizations want to deploy a data broker at the plant-floor for low latency processing and flexibility among other reasons. In such a case, you can use broker federation to build a UNS by deploying a broker with its own local UNS at each site, and then transmitting all the local UNSes into one enterprise-wide UNS structure on a centralized broker. Does Distributor support Broker Federation or any way of bridging with upper level brokers? ---
**Author:** ![wes.johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wes.johnson](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/wes.johnson)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/mqtt-broker-federation-bridging/477/2 "2023-12-09T16:09:12Z")
Sparkplug doesn’t work in bridged environments. However, I think we can accomplish what you are trying to do with a combination of MQTT Servers, MQTT Transmission and Engine. We have many customers that have set up ‘tiered’ environments to do this. ---
**Author:** ![thidalgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@thidalgo](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/mqtt-broker-federation-bridging/477/3 "2023-12-09T17:30:08Z")
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