BattleMeshV4

We would like to give to the 'Battle of the Mesh' the flavour of a tournament with a social character. If you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, or have an interest in mesh networks you might find this bunch of crazy folks gathering for the Wireless Battle of the Mesh V4 very interesting. This event is also an opportunity to meet developers from the most popular open source mesh protocol implementations (Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N. L3 and L2, BMX, OLSR) and watch their ideas compete. If you have implemented an interesting mesh protocol capable of running on OpenWrt Kamikaze you can take part to the tournament.

Where

The BattleMeshV4 will be held at Sant Bartomeu del Grau (SBG for short), near Barcelona, Catalunia, Spain.

The event takes place here: http://www.canroca.cat/. We have booked the whole resort, so feel free to bring your family.

How to get there

• you can fly either to Barcelona or to Girona. Both of them are the same distance to Sant bartomeu del Grau and both have public transport to Vic (the closest town to Sant Bartomeu where you can get by public transport).Local guifi.net people will peak you up in Vic's train station. Please contact us at the e-mail address provided below to tell us when do you expect to arrive at Vic. If you get in trouble you can contact us via phone number provided below

  • from Girona aiport to Vic: there are a couple of buses every day. Timetables: http://www.barcelona-girona-airport.com/from-Girona-Airport-to-Vic

  • from Barcelona aiport to Vic
    

    • Terminal 1 (main terminal, the new one):you can either get the shuttle to Terminal 2 and follow its instructions (the cheapest option) or go to Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona's main square -there are many ways to get there) and take the train line C3 towards Vic/Puigcerdà (the train station is underground). Get off at VIC station (all trains stop there). Timetables: http://www.renfe.com/CA/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

    • Terminal 2 (Easyjet's terminal, the old one): buy a zone 6 tiket and take the train (there is single line) and get off at Estació de Sants (Sants Station) and change to line C3 towards Vic/Puigvcerdà. Get off at VIC station (all trains stop there). Timetables: http://www.renfe.com/CA/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

  • from Vic to Sant Bartomeu del Grau (in case you do not want to use the organization private transportation system)
    • Buses from Vic's bus station (next to the train station). Timetables: Vic-SBG From Monday to Friday: 12:30h and 19:15h, Saturday: 12:30h; SBG-Vic From Monday to Friday: 9:00h and 16:00h, Saturday: 9:00h and 14:25h
    • 2 SPECIAL SELF-ORGANIZED SHUTTLE per day from Mon. to Thu. from Vic's meeting point [1] to SBG's resort
      • 1st shuttle at 15.45
      • 2nd shuttle at 20.30
      • if you need transportation on Friday, tell us

      • [*] http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=214136743203455446765.00049e004aba352a7f62d&ll=41.931704,2.248045&spn=0.003592,0.010568&t=h&z=17&iwloc=00049e00651d407943b50

• From Roma there's a ferry to Barcelona, which is easy if you want to carry a lot of stuff.

TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION PAGE: HERE to give details how you will get there, if you need help to do it, if you can offer seats in your car, etc.

EMERGENCY PHONE: +34 six 0 seven 3 two 6 six 5 seven (roger).

How to return

NOTE: Please keep always the http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV4/Return_Transport_management updated

• from SBG to Vic (first hop)
  • Public transportation (most preferred option): bus SBG-Vic (Vic's bus station is next to the train station)
    • Monday to Friday: 9:00h and 16:00h
    • Saturday: 9:00h and 14:25h NOTE: contact the organizers if you need to be dropped at SBG's bus station
  • Privat transportation (less preferred option, only if the bus option does not suit you)
• from Vic aiport to Girona: there are a couple of buses every day. Timetables:

http://www.barcelona-girona-airport.com/from-Girona-Airport-to-Vic

• from Barcelona aiport to Vic: train is the best options. Timetables:

http://www.renfe.com/CA/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

When

16-20th of March 2011

The space is reserved for the whole week (14-20th) so people will start gathering during the previous weekend. So if time is not a problem, we recommend you to travel some days ahead.

What

In brief: we will deploy a wireless mesh network over the neighbourhood, run different routing protocols on top of it, perform some tests and see which routing protocol behaves better.

Side activities will be organized. Workshops and talks on wireless topics are on the time table:

Call for Paper: CallForPapers

Announcement: AnnoucementV4

Agenda: Agenda

Fee

A donation of 50 EUR (which will cover costs for the whole period for the accomodation + internet connectivity) is required for the whole event (5 days, 4 nights). Of course feel free to donate more if you want

Please pay in advance and NOT directly at the event. This will help a lot to organize everything.

Payment deadline: It would be nice to pay before March the 10th

How to pay

• International Bank Transfers: Bank: Caixa d'Enginyers
  • Bank's name: Caixa d'Enginyers
  • Bank office's address: Potossí 22, 08030, Barcelona
  • Account holder's: Associació Expansió de la Xarxa Oberta
  • IBAN: ES80 3025 0009 6114 0002 9946
  • SWIFT: CDENESBB
• Barcelona: Pay directly at Riereta every Thursday at the guifilab, C/Riereta 5, 08001, Barcelona

Please give 'WBMv4' and your name+email! in the description/comment of your wire-transfer.

Once you have payed you should register at /Participants list.

FREE BEER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PAYED REGISTERED AT LEAST A MONTH AHEAD, DON'T MISS IT!

Contact

• Organization: AboutUs

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

• Email: wbmv4_aatt_exo.cat

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

Topics

• Tournament rules and regulations

Who will be there

Check out the /Participants page (and add yourself to the list if you are coming, please!).

What to bring

• adapter plug for spanish power-socket
• Access Points
• Ethernet Cables
• switches and hubs
• your laptop
• Your sleeping bag and a small matress if you room is not a problem. thx

List of the hardware available for the WBMv4

• the "usual" stock of 80+ foneras (/tmp/lab)
• Central server (log, node-config)
• Long distance antennas
• Some SDR/WSD devices ?

Hardware available for the WBMv4

Sleeping

We have several houses in the village where we can host you, or you can bring a tent and camp out.

Mailing List

To subscribe to the WBM participants' mailing list please visit this page: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh

The archive of the mailing list is here: http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/

FAQ

• Q: Can i post my question here?
• A: Yes.

Press Service

Add here your blog that talks about the Wireless Battle Mesh. Please add the URL of the specific BattleMesh article or tag #battlemesh.

• Catalan

  • guifi.net press release https://llistes.projectes.lafarga.cat/pipermail/guifi-gcom/2011-March/002091.html

  • El 9nou (Catalan local newspaper) http://www.el9nou.cat/noticia.php?ed=o&noticia_arxiu=&notcod=17196

  • El 9nou advertisment (paper press) http://perafita.guifi.net/9nou.pdf

  • Rural Living Lab Pirineus (blog) http://rllp.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/iv-edicio-de-la-wireless-battle-mesh-a-sant-bartomeu-del-grau/

  • Consorci del Lluçanès (blog) http://consorci.llucanes.cat/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=765&Itemid=149

  • Telecentre de Sant Bartomeu del Grau (blog) http://consorci.llucanes.cat/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=765&Itemid=149

  • Setmanari PuntTIC: http://punttic.cat/wbm_sax_sant_bartomeu_del_grau

  • Summary at Vilaweb: http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3863769/20110322/trobada-sense-fils-santa-bartomeu-grau.html

Sponsors

If your organization wants to be a sponsor of the Battle of the Mesh V4 please write to <wbmv4 AT DONOTSPAMUS exo DOT cat>. Thank You !

Subpages

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