Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2007-01-04
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : batman
* Version : 0.1
* Upstream Authors : Thomas Lopatic, Corinna 'Elektra' Aichele, Axel Neumann,
Felix Fietkau, Marek Lindner
* URL : https://www.open-mesh.net/batman
* License : GPL2
* Copyright (c) 2006 Thomas Lopatic, Corinna 'Elektra' Aichele, Axel Neumann,
Felix Fietkau, Marek Lindner
Description : better approach to mobile adhoc networking
B.A.T.M.A.N is a new approach to Ad-Hoc-Routing, unlike other algorithms
that we are aware of. Reactive MANET protocols search for routes when a node
initiates communication to a remote node. Proactive protocols (all
link-state algorithms and some distance-vector algorithms) calculate routes
proactively from all nodes to all nodes in the mesh-cloud, whether they are
necessary or not - while reactive protocols search for routes on demand.
B.A.T.M.A.N doesn't calculate or search for routes - it continuously detects
the existence of routes by forwarding and receiving broadcast packets, and
it proactively populates the routing-table with nodes in the mesh. The
algorithm does not try to find out which path packets follow to a remote
node. B.A.T.M.A.N merely checks which single hop neighbor it has to send a
package to in order to push it on the best way to a node in the mesh.
I'm in contact with upstream and we agreed that I'll wait until version 0.2
before releasing a first package. Then I'll also make the package description
more useful.
regards,
Holger
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