On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Steve Song <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > A colleague of mine is building a batman-adv mesh network in an > apartment building with essentially one node per apartment. Not > surprisingly, results in a very dense mesh with each node having a > large number of neighbours. Here is a typical batctl o output > http://pastebin.com/aAR43hj7 This results in some fairly slow > connections. > > I am seeking some general advice on how to optimise batman-adv in the > context of a dense mesh. Options that we have considered include > turning the radio transmit power down on all of the devices and/or > alternating channels on different floors (e.g. 1,6,11,1,6,11,etc). > However, it is not clear to us what is the best strategy in this > context. Grateful for any tips or suggestions you may have. > > Thanks in advance.... Steve Song > Hi Steve, The following is my experience. Optimise layer 1 by: *) proper channel assignments *) reduce txpower *) dont's send when you don't have to send *) use spacial separation of frequencies and directionality if possible (ok, this is more of a general advice, won't matter so much in apartments) *) most importantly: use 802.11n!
