Proposal for the WLAN mesh routing

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

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On 12/10/06, Andi <andi at fliwatuet.net > wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> Ivan Krstić wrote:
> > Andi wrote:
> >> I have not found a "white paper" about the Marvell mesh protocol and
> its
> >> in depth function principles.
> >
> > The mesh protocol is not Marvell's; it's an implementation of the
> > 802.11s draft.
>
> I have the following questions about the OLPC-Mesh-Networking
> (I looked at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wireless and searched laptop.org,
> but could not find any detailed information on the following topics):
>
> 1. Where can I get the current D1.0 802.11s draft PDF ?
>
> 2. If there is no current draft PDF available, my questions are in
> particular:
>
> (a) I read that the 802.11s draft is designed for only up to 32 nodes.
> Is that correct ? In urban/academic surroundings there will be need for
> *much* more nodes. Are there any ideas how this design problem will be
> solved ?
>
> (b) In the public 802.11s draft details I could not find anything about
> gateway descriptions.
> How will the mesh-network know what node is a gateway-node ?
> How will the mesh-network know what node is the fastest gateway and
> what node is the most reliable gateway ?
>
> (c) Are there any patents on 802.11s ?
>
> (d) How settled is the current D1.0 802.11s draft ?
> (e) Which parts are still "in flow", which parts are definite ?
>
>
> Andi
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