Return-path: Received: from mail-qg0-f41.google.com ([209.85.192.41]:40285 "EHLO mail-qg0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750699AbaETGGm (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 May 2014 02:06:42 -0400 Received: by mail-qg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j5so4438qga.0 for ; Mon, 19 May 2014 23:06:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <546412005.18351359.1400528308190.JavaMail.root@zimbra65-e11.priv.proxad.net> References: <546412005.18351359.1400528308190.JavaMail.root@zimbra65-e11.priv.proxad.net> From: Henning Rogge Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 08:06:21 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20140520_080645_597407_785190B2) Subject: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP To: etienne.champetier@free.fr Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:38 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > I'm curious, what are you using for your L3 mesh/can you give details on the network? > > Thanks in advance > Etienne I am using the Olsr.org codebase for routing... I have spent the last ~2 years to do a clean rewrite of the codebase for an OLSRv2 implementation. I am not directly involved in one special mesh network. 1st, I am involved in the Olsr.org project, which is one of the routing protocols used in lots of cities in Europe to build large city-wide mesh networks with a mixture of wifi links, some of them with hundreds of nodes. 2nd, I am working for Fraunhofer FKIE in mesh related research (currently as part of the EU CONFINE project, see www.confine-project.eu) and we are interested in using mesh networks both for civil usecases (police, fire brigade, disaster recovery like earthquakes) and military ones. Some networks running with OLSR.org routing software have hundreds of nodes, most are smaller. My interest in the "bridging adhoc mode" is also related to the IETF DLEP draft (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-manet-dlep-05), which contains the concept of the "ethernet attached briding radio" and a communication protocol between local router and radio. I think a "802.11s without HWMP" mode would make a perfect candidate for a DLEP style radio, at the moment I am using IBSS mode and a hack with the mac addresses. I hope this answers your question. Henning Rogge