= Wireless Battle of the Mesh v10 - Sponsor Information = == About Battlemesh == The Wireless Battle of the Mesh is yearly recurring event that aims at bringing together people involved with wireless mesh networks from across the world to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, OLSR, 802.11s and Static Routing. The location changes every year, and this years 10th edition will take place in Vienna, Austria, We expect approx. 60 to 100 wireless hackers, mesh developers (802.11s, Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, OLSR, Babel, ...), OpenWRT developers, WISP and WiFi community people, students, academics, WISP people and enthusiasts from all over the world. It is a tournament with a social character, we will set up a mesh of 50+ devices to run and compare different wireless mesh protocols. There will also be talks and workshops scheduled to synchronize the proceedings in development in the various communities. == Impressions from last years == [[attachment:map_v9.png|{{attachment:map_v9.png|attachment:map_v9.png|width="600"}}]] [[attachment:group_v9.png|{{attachment:group_v9.png|attachment:group_v9.png|width="600"}}]] [[attachment:mesh_v9.jpg|{{attachment:mesh_v9.jpg|attachment:mesh_v9.jpg|width="600"}}]] [[attachment:room_v9.jpg|{{attachment:room_v9.jpg|attachment:room_v9.jpg|width="600"}}]] [[attachment:room_v9.png|{{attachment:room_v9.png|attachment:room_v9.png|width="600"}}]] [[attachment:testbed_v9.png|{{attachment:testbed_v9.png|attachment:testbed_v9.png|width="600"}}]] * Video clip made at Battlemesh v6: mesh testbed installation at Aalborg University Campus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Aqeqy9pw4 * Video clip made at Battlemesh v6: another WBMv6 clip: http://vimeo.com/87030048 * Video clip made at Battlemesh v5: to give you a feeling what this event is like: http://vimeo.com/39412090 * Video clip made at Battlemesh v4: an overview http://vimeo.com/21953373 == Looking for Sponsorship == The Wireless Battle of the Mesh is an event solely organized by mesh community people. Since we would like to keep the event affordable even for students, we are looking for sponsorships by local companies, institutions, and international companies involved in mesh and wifi networks. We would like to use money funded by sponsor for: * '''travel scholarships for non-EU participants if they can't make it otherwise''' * venue and organization costs (cleaning, transport, rent, ...) We would like to use hardware sponsorship sponsor for: * setting up a more extensive test network at the event * enabling the companies to introduce their devices to the wireless communities and developers * involve engineers and companies with OpenWRT and other open-source efforts in wireless networking We also offer sponsors to get involved and get visible, e.g.: * send staff people to come and visit, give talks, etc * put flyers/posters at the venue * sponsors will be mentioned on our website, the talks and posters Please note that we will have a few limitations: * we won't accept sponsorships from companies focused on military customers and political parties * we will not allow influence of sponsors into any organization decisions of the event == Financial handling == The Funkfeuer Vienna association (https://funkfeuer.at) will be the legal entity behind the organization of this years Wireless Battlemesh. The preferred way is to establish a Memorandum of Understanding on basis of which the donation is made, but depending on your companies/institution requirements they are flexible to sort out the paperwork. == Contact information == Please let us know if you consider sponsoring, or if you need any further information. To get in contact with the organization team directly, please write an e-mail to: * v10@battlemesh.org For general information and participating, please check our mailing list: * http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh Further resources: * http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV10 - Wireless Battle of the Mesh v10 page