[CWN-Summit] OPeN & community wireless networking:
Sascha Meinrath
sascha at ucimc.org
Wed Dec 1 20:48:33 CST 2004
> can you find another OPN node even if it's 2 hops away?
OPN nodes are one-shot repeaters (i.e., they bridge between two nodes that
coordinate to pass information through the intermediary OPN node).
however, one could do something like:
nodeA --> OPN node --> nodeB --> OPN node --> nodeC
if nodes A, B, and C can all coordinate with each other.
--sascha
> On Saturday 27 November 2004 02:43 am, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Matt Westervelt brought a crazy idea to team CUWiN while were were all in
>> Denmark together a couple months back -- that community wireless networks
>> could somehow utilize the unaffiliated, off-the-shelf access points of our
>> neighbors to relay packets between network nodes (and coordinate their
>> activity). What this would allow us to do would be to connect areas of a
>> community wireless network that couldn't otherwise directly "see" each
>> other by bouncing packets off of neighboring APs. What's nice about this
>> solution is that it may actually _lessen_ interference for the middle AP
>> (that's relaying information) while, at the same time, improving
>> connectivity for the community wireless network. The idea is spelled out
>> here:
>>
>> http://www.saschameinrath.com/?q=node/view/46
>>
>> It would be extremely useful if folks would take a few minutes to look it
>> over and comment on any potential flaws (or brilliant solutions) to the
>> idea. We need both technical and non-technical eyes on the proposal.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> --Sascha
>
>
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