BattleMeshV10 - Main Page

The event aims to bring together all people from across the globe that are interested in wireless mesh network technologies and community networks in general.

6 days full of expert presentations, late night hacking sessions, measurement campaigns, protocol discussions, and a whole lotta other meshy things. We will have fun, that's for sure.

Meet the developers from the most popular open source mesh protocol implementations (Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N. L3 and L2, BMX6, IEEE 802.11s, OLSR , etc.) and watch their ideas compete.

When

The event takes place between June 05 - 11.

Where

Volkskundemuseum - The Austrian Museum of Folk Life And Folk Art

Address: 1080 Vienna, Laudongasse 15-19

We are located in the upper floor of very nice historical museum in the middle of Vienna. One large conference room and two adjacent hacking areas are at our full disposal there. The whole area offers nice atmosphere and plenty of room to deploy measurement testbeds. The adjacent park is a beautiful analog distraction, especially during springtime.

The metalab - a very active local hackerspace - is only 5 minutes away.

http://www.volkskundemuseum.at/jart/prj3/volkskundemuseum/main.jart?content-id=1377520150937&rel=de

Accommodation

For those of you who are looking for a convenient and low cost accommodation option: we have made block reservation for 40 people in a nice hostel 10-15min walking distance from the Museum.

http://www.oejhv.at/index.php?id=148&L=1

Address: Myrthengasse 7, 1070 Wien

The packages include 6 nights in a four-bed room incl. breakfast for €100.

Follow the simple instructions in the registration section below and we will email you back the payment instructions.

A first come - first served scheduler will be applied.

The reservation expires on 8th of May, all individual payments must be confirmed until that date.

Of course, the accommodation package is not compulsory. You can also find your own bed and food supply yourself during the event if you wish to do so. There are a number of hostel and hotels available, but keep in mind that they tend to be rather booked during summer.

Alternative Accommodation Information

A slightly more modern but more distant hostel:

https://www.wombats-hostels.com

Wombats has been quality tested by the recon mission team - but they would not let us make a large block reservation. Individual bookings should be possible though. And its a nice location, right next to Naschmarkt (street markets and delis).

Airbnb direct link:

https://www.airbnb.at/s/Wien--%C3%96sterreich?guests=1&checkin=2017-06-05&checkout=2017-06-11

Wimdu direct link:

https://www.wimdu.at/search?checkin_date=2017-06-05&checkout_date=2017-06-11&city=Wien&guests=1

Hotel recommendations: TOBEDONE

Registration

The event is free of charge and registration is optional.

But it makes the organisation much easier if you tell us in advance that you plan to come.

Please send a mail to mailto:v10@battlemesh.org?subject=Registration that looks somewhat like this:

Name and/or Nick

Accommodation Package: [Yes/No]

T-Shirt Size: [S/M/L/none]

Other details you want to share: (e.g. community, country, URLs, twitter handle, dietary restrictions, ...)

We will answer with payment instructions for the accommodation package to those that are interested in one.

Participants

We try to keep this list of signed up participants up to date:

http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV10/Participants

Travel Scholarships

Thanks to our sponsors we will be able to offer a few travel scholarships (flight tickets) for non-EU residents.

If you want to apply for a travel scholarship (compensating the costs of a long distance flight to Vienna and back) please explicitly tell us so in the registration mail. We will then ask you to prepare a short video message in which you are giving a brief introduction to yourself and your interests:

• Where are you from?
• Why would you like to attend Battlemesh?
• What impact in your local environment do you expect from your participation?
• Would you be able to attend without the travel scholarship?

Send a link to your video to the organizers' mailing list, v10@battlemesh.org.

Application Deadline: The scholarship application window closes on March 31, 2017, so that we can confirm successful applications well ahead of the travel. Make sure to contact the organizers in time!

Travel Information

You can reach Vienna via international travel:

• by plane to Vienna International Airport (IATA code VIE), http://viennaairport.com/

• by train or night train to Wien Hauptbahnhof, the city's central station,

• by bus to, e.g., Vienna International Bus terminal,

• by car or motorcycle. If you plan to use highways ("Autobahn" and "Schnellstraße"), you will need to pay the highway toll. It's probably best to park in a parking deck at the perimeter of the city (see e.g. these) and then use public transport to get into the city.

(Some travel organizations might route you via Bratislava in Slovakia which is ~50km from Vienna, and well-connected by bus and train).

A single fare in Vienna's public transportation system costs 2.20 Euro and entitles you to a loop-free, single-direction, one-way trip including changing lines (city train, metro, tramway, bus). Note that the airport is located outside of the city, so the fare is twice that!

There's also a full-week ticket for 16.20 Euro, see the transport company's web page.

What

In brief: We will deploy a wireless mesh network all over the place, run different routing protocols on top of it, perform some tests and see which routing protocol behaves better. (More Infos about the firmware: BattleMeshV10/Firmware)

Announcement

This page contains the official Announcement: BattleMeshV10/Announcement

Github repository

Battlemesh github repository Here you can find the wibed testbed platform, battlemesh packages (a set of OpenWRT packages to be used at the WBM events), and an OpenWRT mirror.

Hardware

Please add any hardware that you will bring (and are willing to lend out!) to this table:

Timetable / Agenda

This page will contain the call for talks/workshops:

BattleMeshV10/CallForTalks (TOBEDONE)

Live streaming

Recordings will be available as soon as they are post-processed.

Details: TOBEDONE

Impressions from previous Battlemesh events

• Battlemesh v9 Presentations

• Battlemesh v9 Social Moments

• Battlemesh v8 Presentations

• Battlemesh V7 Video

• Video clip from the mesh testbed installation for WBMv6 at Aalborg University Campus

• Another WBMv6 clip

• Video clip made at WBMv5 to give you a feeling what this event is like

• Video clip made at WBMv4

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Contact

• Organization: AboutUs

• IRC: irc.freenode.net #battlemesh (webchat)

• General Battlemesh Mailing-list: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh

• BattleMeshV10-specific list: v10@battlemesh.org

• Local organizers' mailing list: wbm10orga@lists.funkfeuer.at

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlemesh

Local Organisers

The event is organized by FunkFeuer Wien, Vienna's community wireless network.

The local infrastructure core team currently consists of these people:

Albert Rafetseder (albert.rafetseder at univie.ac.at, key ID 0x90382EC8)

Clemens Hopfer (datacop at wireloss.net, key ID 0x5EBA9D09)

Paul Fuxjaeger (paul.fuxjaeger at gmx.at, key ID 0xB5BB47E7)

Sponsors

We would like to thank the following for making this event possible: Please help us keep the attendance to BattleMeshV10 affordable for all participants! The Sponsor Info page has more details.

For inquiries, please contact the Battlemesh organizers' team at v10@battlemesh.org .

Endorsements

TBD

Blog Ping-Backs and Media Coverage

TBD

What to Bring

• Access Points
• Ethernet Cables
• switches and hubs
• your laptop

Task List

This task list is kept here to track who is responsible for certain things. Please notify on mailing list before you add yourself here. Local team will be inserted here as well, tasks may be added/merged on the go.

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