Mar 29
Experimenting with 802.11s
The purpose of this document is an explanation of what is defined in the IEEE 802.11s standard, and the states of current implementations based on this standard. 802.11s is the standardization of mesh networking. That is to say that it defines a protocol for mobile devices where they can communicate amongst themselves even when not directly connected, and can route data beyond their immediate environment.
Mar 28
Slab City
I took part in the bus trip this weekend on the dorm’s new bus. Our route went first to the Palomar observatory, to see the telescope and grounds, and to take the bus up the mountain. From there we traveled down to the Salton sea, a large artificial lake with no inlet or outlet near… Continue reading Slab City
Mar 27
Mar 26
on p2p in the browser
The final project I want to accomplish this semester in my distributed computing independent study, is to come up with a way to access p2p capabilities from within the browser. I was originally hoping to do this with JavaScript API that relied behind the scenes on the new flash p2p protocol, rtmfp. The protocol has… Continue reading on p2p in the browser