Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Has anyone considered the addition of GPS in BATMAN?

[Arc Riley <arcriley@gmail.com>]

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Better yet - use the standard for doing this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLDP-MED

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Andrew de Andrade <
andrew.de.andrade@mac.com> wrote:

> Hello all, I'm new to the BATMAN project and have only been following it a
> short while, but I was curious if any thought had been given to having
> B.A.T.M.A.N. use GPS data to aid in calculating best routes through a
> network.
>
> i.e. once a node joins the mesh network, it not only broadcasts its
> presence and who it is connected to, but also it's physical location,
> assuming it has a GPS dongle connected to it.
>
> The way I see it, only a few nodes in the network would need to be GPS
> capable to greatly increase the ability to calculate a route through the
> network.
>
> Using response time to its closest neighbors, a node theoretically would
> only need to be connected to three other nodes the are GPS capable to
> triangulate its location. Once this node has triangulated its location it
> could then broadcast it to the rest of the network, thereby aiding other
> nodes figure out where they are located.
>
> So long as each location-aware node is connected to at least 3 other nodes
> on average and assuming they are fairly evenly distributed, every node in
> the network with at least three links should be able to calculate it's
> location.
>
> This location awareness plus congestion (node health) data would increase
> the efficiency of calculating the network topology at each node, and
> calculating the most efficient route to route the data.
>
> Anyways, just an idea. As I said, I'm new here and will try to contribute
> where I can.
>
> Andrew
>
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