BattleMeshV9

We would like to give to the 'Battle of the Mesh' the flavor 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 V9 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, BMX6, IEEE 802.11s, OLSR) and watch their ideas compete. If you have implemented an interesting mesh protocol capable of running on OpenWrt Chaos Calmer (15.05) you can take part in the tournament too.

When

The event takes place on the following dates: Sunday 1st to Saturday 7th of May 2016.

Where

Porto, Portugal.

Some first impressions

Accommodation and Food Supply

We provide a low cost group accomodation package for the 6 nights (1-7 May) with a special price for Rivoli Cinema Hostel and Porto Spot Hostel. Both hostels are within 5 minutes walking to the city centre, where the main social activities will take place. Payment in advance is required to get the full benefit of the discount. Therefore, like for the previous event, this year's edition features an "early bird low cost" registration program with two accommodation options (6 nights with the breakfast included). Payment instructions will be given after filling the registration form. Of course, this package is not compulsory. You can also find your own bed and food supply yourself during the event if you wish to do so.

Early bird booking is available for 6 nights (May 1st to 7th) for 125 EUR if payment is received before Feb 1st. The price goes up to 150 EUR for all later payments. Our reservations are valid until March 1st, any late arrangements are subject to availability. The hostel will provide you the invoice at the end of your stay.

The following accommodation options are available:

A. Rivoli Cinema Hostel

Rivoli Cinema Hostel

B. Porto Spot Hostel

Porto Spot Hostel

Participant Registration and Fee

The event itself is free of charge and open for all!

If you want to join the event, whether with the accommodation package or without, please always register using the registration form:

http://goo.gl/forms/irXcErZ2N9

If you are living outside Europe and plan to come, please also check the Travel Scholarship Page.

Once we received your payment, your name will be added to the list of confirmed attendants.

If your name does not appear as confirmed on the BattleMeshV9 participants list within 7 days after wiring the money, feel free to mail the local organization team: v9 at battlemesh.org

Of course, this 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 this festive week.

For any additional information, requests and inquiries get in touch with the local organization team: v9 at battlemesh.org

Directions

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal, located about 300 km north from Lisbon.

By Plane

Porto is well served with by international flight connections to Porto Airport - OPO (Francisco Sá Carneiro), 15 km from the city centre. Ryanair and Easyjet provide a large number of cheap connections to major cities in Europe.

Porto Metro system has a direct connection (purple line) between the Airport to the city Centre (Trindade Metro Station) that runs every 20-30 minutes. The ticket costs €1.85 plus €0.6 for a rechargeable card (Andante), that can be used for the rest of your stay. The trip to/from the Airport to the city centre takes about 30 minutes.

For intercontinental flights, please also consider Lisbon Airport - LIS (Portela). From Lisbon Airport to Porto you can take a regional connection from Ryanair or TAP. You can also take the train from Lisbon Oriente to Porto São Bento. The trip should take between 2.30 - 3:00h.

By Train

Porto has two train stations. The main station - Campanhã is located at the edge of the city, while São Bento is located right on the city centre. The Sud Expresso international train service connects Porto to french border, Porto with the French high-speed train – "TGV-Atlantique" which runs between the Spanish border and Paris. Connections between Campanhã to the city centre (Trindade Metro Station) can be done by a direct metro line or by trains.

By Bus

International Bus connections to Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and others are done by, for instance, Internorte, Eurolines. The bus station is located near Casa da Musica metro station, 4 minutes from the city centre (Trindade Metro Station).

How to get from Trindade Metro Station to Accommodation

Trindade Metro station is 5 minutes walking distance from Rivoli Cinema Hostel and Porto Spot Hostel. The distance between the two hostels is 10 minutes walking.

How to get from the Accommodation to the University

The easiest way to get to the University is by Metro (Yellow Line), which should take about 10 minutes from Aliados Station to IPO Station. The subway runs from 6 am to 1 am, 7 days a week. A single trip costs €1.20, or 10+1 trips for €12.

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: BattleMeshV9/Firmware)

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.

Announcement

This page contains the official Announcement: BattleMeshV9/Announcement

Timetable / Agenda

This page contains the call for talks/workshops: BattleMeshV9/CallForTalks

The agenda will be published shortly after the Call for talks deadline.

Live streaming

TODO

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

Impressions from previous Battlemesh events

• Battlemesh V7 Video's by Stefan van Hooft: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjdaTaDJvaVzotzdFSpblCVegRpHgGPLG

• Video clip from the mesh testbed installation for WBMv6 at Aalborg University Campus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Aqeqy9pw4

• Another WBMv6 clip: http://vimeo.com/87030048

• Video clip made at WBMv5 to give you a feeling what this event is like: http://vimeo.com/39412090

• Video clip made at WBMv4: http://vimeo.com/21953373

Contact

• Organization: AboutUs

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

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

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

Local organizers

The event is locally organized by INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal. INESC TEC stands for Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science and is a private non-profit research & development institute located on the campus of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal).

You may contact the local organizers by e-mail: v9@battlemesh.org

Sponsors

TODO

Hardware

• TODO: please write here what you are going to bring
• UPC: 20-30 TP-Link WDR 4300
• Simon: 7 TP-Link WDR 4300
• INESC: 4 TP-Link WDR4300, 8 TP-Link Archer C5, 4 TP-Link WDR 7500 (Archer C7)
• CMSV: 5-10 Dlink dir 615 C1/E3/E4 (2.4 GHz only, modded for detatched antenna and internal serial pinout socket access )

Funding

TODO

Endorsements

WIP

• Wirelesspt.net - logo

• Networkbogota.org - logo

• Sarantaporo.gr -logo

Blog Ping-Backs and Media Coverage

WIP

• Wirelesspt.net wiki & forum

• Network Bogotá english & spanish

• Futuragora.pt news

• Pplware.com forum

• Partidopiratapt.eu forum

• Metamesh.org website

• Framasphere.org podricing

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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