Mesh stuff
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:16 am
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/it ... you-think/
Village Telco - Mesh Potato http://villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/
Byzantium - wireless mesh networking for the Zombie apocalypse http://project-byzantium.org/
Serval Mesh - Emergency Preparedness MESH project http://www.servalproject.org/
SPAN - Smart Phone Ad-hoc Network https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spandev
Commotion Wireless - an open-source communication tool that uses mobile phones, computers, and other wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks. https://commotionwireless.net/
Hyperboria Sites - see the list of available services. http://hyperboria.net/
Meshnet - using CJDNS - Seattle or Santa Cruz https://projectmeshnet.org/
Commotion Wireless https://commotionwireless.net/
In the ham radio arena, these articles exist:
ARRL- VHF Digital Handbook - Chapter 7 - High Speed Multi-Media Radio by K8OCL
N6GN, "Inexpensive Multi-Megabaud Microwave Data Link," Ham Radio Magazine, December 1989
VE3JF, "VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation Primer for Digital Experimenters," TAPR/ARRL DCC, 1997
N2IRZ, "Web Pages on Packet Radio," CQ-VHF February 1999
K4ABT, "The Phoenix Shall Rise," CQ Magazine, June 2000
N8GNJ, "Broadband Wireless Internet Access and Amateur Radio," CQ April 2002
KB9MWR, "Inexpensive High Speed Packet is Here," TAPR PSR Summer 2002
WB0ZVV "Propagation Losses Through Common Building Materials 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz", Magis Networks, 2002
K8IT, "Is All Data Acceptable Data," CQ-VHF Fall 2003
"The Use of Pringles Containers To Enhance Network Security," CQ April 2003
K8IT, "What is HSMM?," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
KD5OUG, "Columbia Shuttle Recovery and 802.11b," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
N6QL, "Is the ARRL Turning 2.4 GHz into the Next CB Band?," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
W4RI, & K8OCL, "On The Amateur Radio Use of IEEE 802.11b Radio Local Area Networks," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
K8IT, "A Low Cost Horizontal Polarized Omni Directional Antenna for $15," CQ-VHF Summer 2003
K8OCL, "Alternative Options for Resolving HSMM Interference Issues," CQ-VHF Summer 2003
AA6JR, "Digital Hamming: A Need for Standards," CQ Magazine, January 2003
N2IRZ, "A Cheap and Easy High-Speed Data Connection," CQ, February 2003
N6CL "IEEE 802.11b: Friend or Foe?" Mar 2003 CQ
N5KM, "High Speed Multimedia Radio," QST, April 2003
KA3JIJ, "Wi-Fi for Hams Part 1: Part 97 or Part 15," CQ, June 2003
KA3JIJ, "Wi-Fi for Hams Part 2: Building a Wi-Fi Network," CQ, July 2003
K8OCL & KA3JIJ, "How To Get Into HSMM" CQ-VHF Fall 2003
K8OCL, "HSMM in a Briefcase" CQ-VHF, Fall 2003
N8UR, "Amateur Radio and 802.11," TAPR-PSR Winter 2003
K8OCL, KD6OZH, & VA3BHF, "HSMM Radio Equipment" QEX Nov/Dec 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 1" CQ-VHF Winter 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 2" CQ-VHF Spring 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 3" CQ-VHF Summer 2004
K8OCL, "HSMM and Information Security" CQ-VHF, Fall 2004
WA5VJB "2.4-GHz Patch Antennas," CQ-VHF, Fall 2004
K8OCL & KD6OZH "28 kbps to 9 Mbps UHF Modems for Amateur Raio Stations," QEX Mar/Apr 2005
N2IRZ, "Can HSMM Find a Real Home in Ham Radio" CQ Magazine, April 2005
N2IRZ, "The Digital Circle of Life," CQ June 2005
KD9LA, "IEEE 802.11 Experiments In Virginia's Shenandoah Valley," QST July 2005
K8OCL, "S.H.A.R.K.s and Tsunamis," CQ-VHF Winter 2005
K8OCL, "The Hinternet and VPN Projects," CQ-VHF, Summer 2006
N2IRZ, "Some Encryption is Legal," TAPR PSR Summer 2006
WB8IMY "The Hinternet and openHSMM," QST July 2006
N2IRZ, "Data Encryption is Legal" CQ Magazine, August 2006
WA5VJB "Cheap Yagis for 2450 MHz," CQ-VHF, Spring 2005
N2IRZ, "Building a Decent RF Network" CQ Magazine, October 2005
K8OCL, "What is Happening to the HSMM Working Group?," CQ-VHF, Fall 2006
WB8IMY, "Nontraditional Field Day-You Bet," QST November 2006
K8OCL, "The Hinternet on 5 GHz," CQ-VHF, Winter 2006
N2IRZ, "Wireless Local Area Network Design," CQ Dec 2006
WA6NMF "Use It or Lose It, SHF Edition" TAPR PSR DCC 2007
K8OCL, "The Sociology of Regulations," CQ-VHF, Spring 2007
KL1Y, "The Integration of Amateur Radio and 802.11," May/June QEX 2007
"Switchless Bidirectional Amplifier for Wireless Communication Systems," Wiley Inter-Science - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, May 2007
K8OCL, "Getting on the Internet - Your First HSMM Radio Station," CQ-VHF, Spring 2008
K8OCL, "HSMM and Field Day" CQ-VHF, Summer 2008
K8OCL, "New High-Speed Multi-Media Radio Mesh Networking," CQ-VHF, Fall 2008
K8OCL, "The Hinternet - Protecting HSMM Radio Networks," CQ-VHF, Winter 2008
WB8IMY, "High Speed Multimedia at 3.5 GHz," QST, June 2009
K8OCL, "New Amateur Digital Video (ADV) and Revolutionary HSMM-MESH at Ham-Com," CQ-VHF, Summer 2009
W5IFS, "Bringing Digital Radio to Amateur Radio," QEX, September/October 2010
KB9MWR, "Doodle Labs DL-435," TAPR PSR, Winter 2012
W2LNX, "Getting Started: Doodle Labs DL43530 420MHz Broadband Data Radio," TAPR PSR, Spring 2012
W2LNX, "Experimenting with High Speed Wireless Networking in the 420 MHz Band," TAPR PSR DCC 2012
AG4IU, "A Broadband Ham Network Crosses the Finish Line," QST July 2013
It's interesting that they renamed the HSMM-Mesh to hamnet. Germany/Europe uses that name.. they have had an extensive network for several years:
http://hamnetdb.net/?m=subnet&as=0
http://www.de.ampr.org/
http://wiki.oevsv.at/index.php?title=Ka ... r_Backbone
http://www.cisar.it/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=245#
Village Telco - Mesh Potato http://villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/
Byzantium - wireless mesh networking for the Zombie apocalypse http://project-byzantium.org/
Serval Mesh - Emergency Preparedness MESH project http://www.servalproject.org/
SPAN - Smart Phone Ad-hoc Network https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spandev
Commotion Wireless - an open-source communication tool that uses mobile phones, computers, and other wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks. https://commotionwireless.net/
Hyperboria Sites - see the list of available services. http://hyperboria.net/
Meshnet - using CJDNS - Seattle or Santa Cruz https://projectmeshnet.org/
Commotion Wireless https://commotionwireless.net/
In the ham radio arena, these articles exist:
ARRL- VHF Digital Handbook - Chapter 7 - High Speed Multi-Media Radio by K8OCL
N6GN, "Inexpensive Multi-Megabaud Microwave Data Link," Ham Radio Magazine, December 1989
VE3JF, "VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation Primer for Digital Experimenters," TAPR/ARRL DCC, 1997
N2IRZ, "Web Pages on Packet Radio," CQ-VHF February 1999
K4ABT, "The Phoenix Shall Rise," CQ Magazine, June 2000
N8GNJ, "Broadband Wireless Internet Access and Amateur Radio," CQ April 2002
KB9MWR, "Inexpensive High Speed Packet is Here," TAPR PSR Summer 2002
WB0ZVV "Propagation Losses Through Common Building Materials 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz", Magis Networks, 2002
K8IT, "Is All Data Acceptable Data," CQ-VHF Fall 2003
"The Use of Pringles Containers To Enhance Network Security," CQ April 2003
K8IT, "What is HSMM?," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
KD5OUG, "Columbia Shuttle Recovery and 802.11b," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
N6QL, "Is the ARRL Turning 2.4 GHz into the Next CB Band?," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
W4RI, & K8OCL, "On The Amateur Radio Use of IEEE 802.11b Radio Local Area Networks," CQ-VHF, Spring 2003
K8IT, "A Low Cost Horizontal Polarized Omni Directional Antenna for $15," CQ-VHF Summer 2003
K8OCL, "Alternative Options for Resolving HSMM Interference Issues," CQ-VHF Summer 2003
AA6JR, "Digital Hamming: A Need for Standards," CQ Magazine, January 2003
N2IRZ, "A Cheap and Easy High-Speed Data Connection," CQ, February 2003
N6CL "IEEE 802.11b: Friend or Foe?" Mar 2003 CQ
N5KM, "High Speed Multimedia Radio," QST, April 2003
KA3JIJ, "Wi-Fi for Hams Part 1: Part 97 or Part 15," CQ, June 2003
KA3JIJ, "Wi-Fi for Hams Part 2: Building a Wi-Fi Network," CQ, July 2003
K8OCL & KA3JIJ, "How To Get Into HSMM" CQ-VHF Fall 2003
K8OCL, "HSMM in a Briefcase" CQ-VHF, Fall 2003
N8UR, "Amateur Radio and 802.11," TAPR-PSR Winter 2003
K8OCL, KD6OZH, & VA3BHF, "HSMM Radio Equipment" QEX Nov/Dec 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 1" CQ-VHF Winter 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 2" CQ-VHF Spring 2004
K8OCL, "The Frontlines - HSMM, Part 3" CQ-VHF Summer 2004
K8OCL, "HSMM and Information Security" CQ-VHF, Fall 2004
WA5VJB "2.4-GHz Patch Antennas," CQ-VHF, Fall 2004
K8OCL & KD6OZH "28 kbps to 9 Mbps UHF Modems for Amateur Raio Stations," QEX Mar/Apr 2005
N2IRZ, "Can HSMM Find a Real Home in Ham Radio" CQ Magazine, April 2005
N2IRZ, "The Digital Circle of Life," CQ June 2005
KD9LA, "IEEE 802.11 Experiments In Virginia's Shenandoah Valley," QST July 2005
K8OCL, "S.H.A.R.K.s and Tsunamis," CQ-VHF Winter 2005
K8OCL, "The Hinternet and VPN Projects," CQ-VHF, Summer 2006
N2IRZ, "Some Encryption is Legal," TAPR PSR Summer 2006
WB8IMY "The Hinternet and openHSMM," QST July 2006
N2IRZ, "Data Encryption is Legal" CQ Magazine, August 2006
WA5VJB "Cheap Yagis for 2450 MHz," CQ-VHF, Spring 2005
N2IRZ, "Building a Decent RF Network" CQ Magazine, October 2005
K8OCL, "What is Happening to the HSMM Working Group?," CQ-VHF, Fall 2006
WB8IMY, "Nontraditional Field Day-You Bet," QST November 2006
K8OCL, "The Hinternet on 5 GHz," CQ-VHF, Winter 2006
N2IRZ, "Wireless Local Area Network Design," CQ Dec 2006
WA6NMF "Use It or Lose It, SHF Edition" TAPR PSR DCC 2007
K8OCL, "The Sociology of Regulations," CQ-VHF, Spring 2007
KL1Y, "The Integration of Amateur Radio and 802.11," May/June QEX 2007
"Switchless Bidirectional Amplifier for Wireless Communication Systems," Wiley Inter-Science - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, May 2007
K8OCL, "Getting on the Internet - Your First HSMM Radio Station," CQ-VHF, Spring 2008
K8OCL, "HSMM and Field Day" CQ-VHF, Summer 2008
K8OCL, "New High-Speed Multi-Media Radio Mesh Networking," CQ-VHF, Fall 2008
K8OCL, "The Hinternet - Protecting HSMM Radio Networks," CQ-VHF, Winter 2008
WB8IMY, "High Speed Multimedia at 3.5 GHz," QST, June 2009
K8OCL, "New Amateur Digital Video (ADV) and Revolutionary HSMM-MESH at Ham-Com," CQ-VHF, Summer 2009
W5IFS, "Bringing Digital Radio to Amateur Radio," QEX, September/October 2010
KB9MWR, "Doodle Labs DL-435," TAPR PSR, Winter 2012
W2LNX, "Getting Started: Doodle Labs DL43530 420MHz Broadband Data Radio," TAPR PSR, Spring 2012
W2LNX, "Experimenting with High Speed Wireless Networking in the 420 MHz Band," TAPR PSR DCC 2012
AG4IU, "A Broadband Ham Network Crosses the Finish Line," QST July 2013
It's interesting that they renamed the HSMM-Mesh to hamnet. Germany/Europe uses that name.. they have had an extensive network for several years:
http://hamnetdb.net/?m=subnet&as=0
http://www.de.ampr.org/
http://wiki.oevsv.at/index.php?title=Ka ... r_Backbone
http://www.cisar.it/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=245#