BattleMeshV3.1416, 3-4-5 September, Brussels (Belgium)

WARNING: DUE TO PROBLEMS OF LOGISTICS, THE EVENT IS MOVED FROM FLORENVILLE TO BRUSSELS.

The Wireless Battle Mesh version 3.1416 aims to test a network of 30 isolated routers with different routing protocols, in an urban environnement (noise, cars, and concrete).

When?

Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010.

Where?

In Brussels, at Hacker Space Brussels (HSB)

• Address: Prinses Elisabethlaan 46, 1030 Schaarbeek, Belgium
• Tel: +32-493-525009

• Email: contact@hackerspace.be

• Location: See the location page

• Lat/Long: 50.87306 N / 4.37686 E

Who?

Responsible organisator: Benjamin Henrion (zoobab), bh@udev.org, +32-484-566109

Attendees

• Benjamin Henrion (zoobab)
• pieter heremans (ptr_here)

• Nicolas Thill ({Nico}) (OpenWRT developer)

• Thierry Watelet
• Philippe De Wolf

Registration

Please register with an email to bh@udev.org with:

1. name, surname, and nickname
2. address and country
3. date of arrival and departure
4. mean of transportation

as soon as possible so that the organisators can plan the logistics (space, rooms, food, transport, etc...).

Fee

A fee of 15EUR for the 3 days at the entrance, to cover the costs of Internet connectivity, electricity, etc...

Hosting

Zoobab is offering space for hosting at his flat, contact him at bh@udev.org if you are interested. The flat offers enough indoor place to sleep (bring your floor matelas and sleeping bag).

Agenda

• Test babelz over dual radio configuration

Transport

See how to reach HSB by public transport.

Goal

• Install a mesh testbed of 30 nodes (fonera based) (zoobab owns 10 of them)
• Benefit from the experience acquired during previous battles
• longshots: Florenville-Arlon Longshot 36,5km (10 Apr 2003 18:45) - Longshot between Florenville (Waveguide 32slots placed on the church tower) and Arlon (Yagi of XavierVL). Distance 36,5km. Data transfert of 50ko/sec during 5 minutes but we didn't succeed to do the same after, we were quite disapointing... We think that the fresnel zone was not so good to realize a good link. Some pictures here.

Beer

The abbaye of Orval is at 6km from the main city of Florenville, and produces one of the best trappist beer of Belgium, and of the world, since there are few trappists.

Maginot

The Maginot Line was a defense line of France built in the 1930ies between the World War I and World War II. It was easily defeated by the powerful German army at the beginning of the World War II.

It can provide high points with good line of sight for longshots and other wifi and antenna tests.

Mailing

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          Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v3.1416
                (Florenville (BE), 3-4-5 Sep 2010)
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The Wireless Battle Mesh edition v3.1416 will be held during a 3-day
camp in Florenville, near Orval (South of Belgium).

The Wireless Battle Mesh version 3.1416 aims to test a network of 30
isolated routers with different routing protocols (OLSR, BATMAN, Babel),
in a countryside environnement (cows, trees, pastures, and forests).

Date
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Start: Friday 03 Sep @ 09:00
End: Sunday 05 Feb @ 20:00

Goals
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* Setup of a testbed of 30 nodes, some of them on batteries in remote
  locations (solar and wind powered)
* Data collection, statistics and reproductibility of the experience
* Degustation of local beers

We provide
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* space for your tent
* electricity
* toilets and showers
* internet connectivity

Do not forget:
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* Bring your laptop/computer
* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed
* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors
* Bring your tent and sleeping bag

Fee
===

We ask for a participation fee of 15EUR for the 3 days, in order to
cover the basic running costs of the event. This does not include food
nor beverages.

Location
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Henrion Benjamin
rue de Barsinvaut 16
6820 Florenville
Tel: +32-484-566109
Tel: +32-61-315211
Google Maps: http://ur1.ca/065p6
Lat/Long: 49.695821, 5.304556

Transport
=========

Florenville is easily reachable by train (2h00 from Brussels) or by car
(1h30 from Brussels, 1h30 from Luxembourg (.lu),  more details at
http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416#Transport

Registration
============

Please register with an email to bh at udev.org with:
1. Name, Surname, and Nickname
2. Address and country
3. Date of arrival and departure
4. Mean of transportation

Web
===

* http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416
* http://www.olsr.org
* http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.

Contact
======

Benjamin Henrion
Email: bh at udev.org
GSM: +32-484-566109
Tel: +32-61-315211
IRC: zoobab on Freenode