Projects
PatrasWireless is a very active network. The community has developed various hardware or software projects. One of the first and most promising projects is the design and implementation of the Wireless Central Coordinated Protocol (WiCCP), a protocol booster for 802.11b DCF based wireless networks, that provides cyclic token-passing medium access, and scheduled allocation of the available network resources, eliminating the hidden node problem.
Furthermore, other community members started project WiFiAdmin. Wifiadmin is a PHP web environment for the administration of the open source (*nix) wifi node. It provides an interface for wireless tools and other common wifi linux/BSD drivers, while keeping statistical data on the node. A research paper presenting WiFiAdmin has been published in IEEE international conference.
Hardware projects include the guide on the rooftop Access Point. It's an attempt to write a guide on how to safely power a rooftop Wireless Access Point-node from a long distance (over 500 m) and turn it into a robust all-weather installation, that can stay unattended for days on end.
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