Endorsers of the Wireless Battle of the Mesh v6

Here you'll find a list of the communities endorsing the battlemesh. Come back often to check it out!

B.A.T.M.A.N.

B.A.T.M.A.N. (better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking) is a routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks. Most of the development now focuses on the open source implementation B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced (often referenced as batman-adv), an implementation of the B.A.T.M.A.N. routing protocol in form of a linux kernel module operating on layer 2.

More information, source code and documentation are available on the project website: http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki

Various Logos are available here: (svg, png)

http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki/Logos

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OLSR

OLSR.org is one of the oldest and still - of course - the best mesh routing protocol for community wireless networks ;-)

On a more serious note: OLSR.org was the choice of protocols for most community wireless networks which started in the years 2002. Since then it has matured from a diploma thesis to a rock solid, highly portable link state mesh routing protocol. There are different variants of OLSR, some used by the military (NRL-OLSR and descendants) , some by academia (OLSR.org) and community wireless networks and of course - the commotion project. In the last years, the focus was on redesigning a lot of the internals, working on the OLSR v2 new protocol variant, and bug squashing for the stable version (OLSR v1 protocol). In every routing protocol, features are nice, but stability wins.

More information:

http://www.olsr.org

Logo: http://olsr.org/files/olsr_logo.jpg

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Ninux.org

Ninux.org is an italian community network that aims to create a decentralized, community-led, wireless network in the Italian peninsula.

More and more cities are joining the network and this year we have many news to present at the event!

More information:

http://ninux.org/

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AlterMundi

AlterMundi is an organization that fosters the rising of a new paradigm founded on freedom gained through peer collaboration. We explore different manifestations of these peer-to-peer alternatives and in particular we do a great deal of work in relation to Wireless Community Networks.

We have developed a WCN model that we call MiniMaxi. It is based on very low-cost, multi-radio mesh nodes running AlterMesh firmware, which automatically configures the mesh network. The firmware can be customised using a web tool we call the Chef. We also provide tunnel broker service for community networks that don't have native IPv6 connection.

Several network projects in South America have already adopted the tools we have developed. We are eager to share our experience and to learn a lot from all of you!

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CONFINE

The CONFINE project is a research project FIRE on Community Networks. It is developing the Community-Lab experimental testbed and is doing research and experimentation in different aspects, including routing protocols such as OLSR or BMX6 and different aspects such as secure communication, privacy, video streaming or wifi enhancements.

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guifi.net

guifi.net is a Community Network where WiFi and optical fibre links coexist.

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Wireless Leiden

The Stichting Wireless Leiden is an open, cheap, fast wireless network is established for the city of Leiden and the surrounding villages. It is a local network that technically seamlessly on the Internet, but also can be used for free local communication in the Leiden region. Wireless Leiden is a non-profit organization, which runs entirely on volunteers and professionals committed to achieving and maintaining the wireless infrastructure.

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