Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Is BATMAN alone enough to create wireless mesh networks?

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I am also interested in the android and batman-adv mesh network. The
topic has been mentioned in the mailing list before.

https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2013-February/009099.html

Android phones are connecting without carrier networks
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/android-phones-are-connecting-without-carrier-networks

https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2013-May/009587.html

Most Android phones run constrained versions of the operating system,
due to limitations implemented by the manufacturers and operators. In
order to be able to benefit from the full potential of the Android OS,
and more specifically to switch on the ad-hoc mode on the wireless
interface of the devices, we need first to gain full control of the
Linux subsystem. This implies modifying the access rights on the phones,
by performing what is called a rooting procedure.

While root access does not seem to be a problem; capacity processing for
data/traffic through it may be. All depends on the hardware.

I have also thought about the openmoko which is an opensource phone.


On 01/24/2014 10:47 AM, Elektra wrote:
> Hi  –
> 
> B.A.T.M.A.N. refers to a routing algorithm. 
> 
> There are implementations of the routing algorithom at OSI layer 2 (batman-advanced) and layer 3 (batmand, bmx6)
> 
> You can use all 3 variants for Android to build wireless mesh networks and people are actually doing so (Serval)
> 
> Integrating batman-advanced into Android requires you to not only have root, but also provide a batman-adv kernel module that fits the kernel of the device. This is fine, if someone like Google or Cyanogenmod would enclude batman-adv in their Android builds, which would merely require to enable building the module in the kernel build process, as it is shipped with the vanilla kernel sources.
> 
> batmand and bmx6 are user space programs that merely alter the routing table. Integrating these is easier, since you merely require root permissions to run them.
> 
> Cheers,
> Elektra
> 
> 
>> I've been searching for wireless mesh network solutions.
>> BATMAN showed up in google search results.
>>
>> I just wonder its role and the future of it, and I want to know if it
>> can power wireless mesh networks in android phones.
> 
> 


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