[Bologna] Fwd: [Battlemesh] Batman V in Linux 4.6

[ThEgAmEr]

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From: Antonio Quartulli <a a unstable.cc>
Date: Mon, May 16, 2016 at 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Battlemesh] Batman V in Linux 4.6
To: Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh a ml.ninux.org>


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 02:33:46PM +0200, Benjamin Henrion wrote:
> http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/05/16/linux-4-6-release-main-changes-arm-and-mips-architectures/
>

Thanks for the link!

> "BATMAN V protocol – B.A.T.M.A.N. (Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc
> Networking) adds support for the V protocol, which does not rely on
> packet loss anymore, but the estimated throughput."
>
> During the WCW recordings, it was said that this throughput metric was
> inspired from OLSR.
>

I would say the work was done in parallel (the metric based on throughput was
discussed already at the WBM in Aalborg - if not earlier), but OLSR was faster
to come up with a complete implementation.

> Any idea how it works?

https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/BATMAN_V


Cheers,

--
Antonio Quartulli

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