[Tetaneutral] Babel Wireless Mesh hackathon (Paris, 19-20-21 July 2013)

[Baptiste Jonglez]

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Babel Wireless Mesh hackathon (Paris, 19-20-21 July 2013)
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#wifi #wireless #babel #mesh #openwrt #paris

A hackathon dedicated to the Babel wireless mesh routing protocol will
be held during three days in Paris, at the LeLoop.org hackerspace. The
event primarily aims at testing the new features of Babel (diversity,
RTT metric, source-specific routing, etc...) in a real-world
environment.

Date
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Start: Friday 19 July @ 09:00
End: Sunday 21 July @ 22:00

Goals
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* Setup of a testbed of 20 nodes or more, some of them on batteries
* Test the new features of Babel in real-world conditions
* Test interoperability between different implementations and different
  extensions of the protocol
* Basic tests inspired by the Wireless Battle Mesh ones
* Data collection, statistics and reproductibility of the experience
* Bug hunting (hopefully there aren't many)
* Degustation of belgian beers, and probably Attitude Adjustment cocktails too :)

Program
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Along with the main events, some talks are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday.
Feel free to propose a talk, they will be listed on the wiki page of the event:

  http://wiki.leloop.org/index.php/Babel_hackathon

More information will be available on LeLoop website: http://leloop.org

We provide
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* electricity
* internet connectivity
* meeting place
* coffee and tea
* toilets
* if needed, hosting, but get in touch with us before

Do not forget:
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* Bring your laptop/computer and european power plug wire (multiprises)
* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed
* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors
* Bring your sleeping bag, and if you need hosting send an email

Registration
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Please register as soon as possible on Framadate:

  http://framadate.org/studs.php?sondage=q4hlhbsehmh37kgm

The entrance is free, both as in "freedom" and as in "free beer"
(although the beer won't actually be free).

Location
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LeLoop.org
La Gare XP
0bis avenue Lucien Descaves
75014 Paris
Tramway: Montsouris, on T3a
Metro: Porte d'Orléans on ligne 4
RER: Cité Universitaire on RER B
Open Street Map: http://osm.org/go/0BOc0dK0C--?m
Google Maps: http://ur1.ca/ej4jb

Web
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* http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/babel/
* http://leloop.org
* http://garexp.org

Contact
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IRC: #babel on irc.freenode.net
Wiki: http://wiki.leloop.org/index.php/Babel_hackathon

Baptiste Jonglez
Email: baptiste.jonglez at ens-lyon.fr
GSM: (+33) 6 03 72 24 79

Benjamin Henrion
Email: bh at udev.org
GSM: (+32) 484 566109
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