[sf-lug] Wireless Mesh networking using the XO laptop (was something else...)

[Brian Levine]

a couple relevant publications:
http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/brian/pubs/balasubramanian.sigcomm.2007.pdf
http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/brian/pubs/balasubramanian.chants.2007.pdf

We are coding up a free version of the protocol now, but it's not  
ready yet. If there is interest in running it in the wild, let me know.

(good to hear from you Kristian!)
-brian


On Nov 9, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:

> On 11/9/07, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> Mass production is already happening as we speak/write
>> (http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/421). We will probably buy a few  
>> at SF
>> State so that we can conduct mesh networking experiments. We did  
>> this a
>> few years ago by employing laptops in cars and forming a mobile  
>> mesh. It
>> was way too difficult though to form the mesh and "hold it in  
>> formation"
>> because of the software and meshing protocols at the time. The XO  
>> seems
>> a lot better. Here's a short excerpt of the experiment
>> http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech/000236.html
>>
>> Let me know if anyone is interested in helping us out.
>
> You might benefit from some of the research at my alma mater :-)
> http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/dome/index.php?page=amherst-community- 
> wireless
>
> They utilize the DTN protocol and I was on their mailing list for a
> while.  Some of my friends from school are doing grad work now and are
> still working on the project I believe.  Maybe the XO laptop would be
> a great thing for both UMass and you guys to try out.  Not bad for a
> "$100 laptop"...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_Tolerant_Networking
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XO-1_%28laptop%29
> -- 
> Kristian Erik Hermansen