P2P
Ian Stirling
OpenMoko at mauve.plus.com
Sat Sep 29 02:31:44 CEST 2007
Camilo Cerchiari wrote:
> hello all,
>
> i've been wondering for years now, on the possibility of doing
> peer-to-peer calls, using cellular phones.
>
> then openmoko became a reality.
> and then this
> <http://www.terranet.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=8&id=17&Itemid=62>
> [http://www.terranet.se] came up to my rss reader.
>
> so, being somewhat new to this field, i thought i could find some advice
> in this list, on where i should start reading.
> the main questions would be:
>
> 1. would it be possible to program an openmoko to work as a Base
> Station Subsystem (BSS)?
No.
In some countries it's even very illegal to do so, and has the
possibilities of actual jailtime.
> 2. in case that's not a good idea, would it be possible to implement a
> protocol for the openmoko hw, so that it implements that functionality?
> ( i.e. transmitting calls in hops, over other openmoko phones, not using
> GSM)
This is in principle possible, using bluetooth or wifi.
However, with maybe 20m or so per node, getting any distance at all is
going to be problematic.
> 3. is this the right place to discuss this?
> 4. are any of you interested in working in such a project?
>
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