That's an option, of course. But centralized servers are a single point of failure. So my idea is any node broadcasts his GPS position with TX- and RX-Gain. Any node can e.g. use a transparent HTTP-proxy to provide a map to the LAN attached. In case of a Google Maps overlay, each node can be displayed on the map with a coverage radius calculated by TX-/RX-gain. By using the "navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition".tag the map can be centered to the current position of the HTTP-client. Info-boxes on the nodes can use the RX-/TX-gain of the mouse-over-node and the HTTP-client to show the theoretically maximum link speed. That would improve nomadic use und finding gaps in network coverage. The geographic positions can also be use to optimize routing and beam-forming, e.g. calculating vector and distance of the first fresnel zone of the next node.
Regards, Renne Am 04.11.2012 18:53:11, schrieb Ray Gibson: I'm doing this with my nodes but I have a garmin receiver hooked up to a serial port on a routerstation pro, and using a combination of cat, sed, awk, bc, and tail to get determine the coordinates and wget to post them to another server that handles the mapping. Pretty simple actually. Ray On 11/4/2012 7:32 AM, Rene Bartsch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to B.A.T.M.A.N, so a "Hello" to all! :) > > Does B.A.T.M.A.N support some kind of broadcasting node positions? > > The idea is to broadcast TX-Power/RX-Gain and the position of a node > determined by a GPS-device to create maps with network coverage. > > Is that possible anyhow? > > Regards, > > Renne This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are proprietary and intended for the sole use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. They are not to be viewed, shared, copied or forwarded, regardless to whom, without the expressed permission of Future Concepts I.S., Inc. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete it from your system. Thank you.
