80211s vs open mesh

[Sameer Verma]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Javier Cardona <javier at cozybit.com> wrote:

> Sameer,
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Sameer Verma<sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > Wondering if anyone here can briefly point to differences between
> open-mesh
> > (https://www.open-mesh.com/) and open80211s. Is it largely layer 2 vs
> layer
> > 3?
>
> open80211s is the implementation of the 802.11s protocol in the Linux
> kernel (layer 2).
> open-mesh is an online management system for mesh networks.  The mesh
> nodes they use either OLSR or BATMAN for routing, both layer 3 (some
> say 2.5) protocols.  I believe Open-Mesh could  to decide to support
> open80211s nodes as well (...not that I know of any plans to do so).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
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I've had trouble with understanding the "2.5" moniker. Good to know that the
-possibility- of 80211s in open-mesh exists.

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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