p2p/mesh cellphone network
Giles Jones
giles.jones at zen.co.uk
Tue Sep 11 23:43:44 CEST 2007
On 11 Sep 2007, at 22:23, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> On 9/11/07, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> didn't we discuss this a few weeks ago?
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6987784.stm
>
> I'm wondering what they had to do to the radio to make it possible, or
> if it is at all with GSM. Sounds like maybe they used something
> different.
>
> Of course this phone could do it with WiFi or Bluetooth, purely in
> software.
It could, but as discussed previously, there's all sorts of
drawbacks. Drop outs, power usage etc..
With custom technology you can improve on that. It's not a technology
that can be depended on like cell networks as it relies on a chain of
people being between you and the destination.
Some technology info here:
http://www.terranet.se/index.php?
option=com_content&task=category§ionid=8&id=17&Itemid=62
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