Mesh networks, especially ad-hoc networks where the nodes move around, spend a large amount of bandwidth just figuring out how to route packets. For efficiency and redundancy, mesh networks normally connect to another means of communication at multiple points - just imagine trying to "mesh" across the wide-open spaces of New Mexico. The connecting nodes frequently have to pay for their connection so the mesh network needs to support those costs. One way is to charge for the connecting bandwidth which brings up the need to identify who is using that bandwidth and how to present them with a bill. I could go on and on - but I don't have time at the moment.
On Jan 11, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Arlo Barnes wrote: I assume you mean 'free kittens' as in free up front but thousands of dollars in food and veterinary checkups per year for ten plus years? As to how one would go about constructing a meshnet, I think all that would be required is a program constantly running on devices, looking for signals from other devices, and acting as a translator for those signals; I suppose as a merger, also (device asks for a resource from connected devices, devices check for resource on accessible networks, out of the ones that can get it, one device is selected to perform the transfer). But I had only heard of the concept recently, and have only heard of one strong effort to do such a thing (One LapTop Per Child [OLPC], according to my friend Max Bond) so my knowledge is fairly minimal, I am working off guesswork so far. I shall have to do more research... -Arlo James Barnes ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> SIPR: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (send NIPR reminder)
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