IEEE Task Group S is currently defining a new 802.11 amendment to provide mesh networking services at the MAC layer. open80211s is an open-source implementation of this emerging standard, supported in the mainline kernel since 2.6.26. This talk will provide an overview of the mesh networking protocol, implementation details, capabilities, limitations, and future improvements. The second half of the presentation will include a hands on tutorial on how to use the mesh on common laptops. Note: Attendees are requested to please bring their Linux laptops with wireless chipsets compatible with the Zydas zd1211rw or Broadcom b43 drivers, to participate in a demo of open80211s mesh networking. Helpful links: 1, 2, 3

Javier Cardona is the CEO of cozybit, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in the field of wireless communications. Javier co-founded the company in 2004 to create a place where Linux engineers could fully develop their technical abilities and have a life too. Thanks to cozybit, a large number of electronic devices, from children's laptops to digital pens, can talk to each other. Prior to that, Javier developed embedded software for over ten years, in France, US, UK, and Switzerland, for a wide range of applications, from industrial safety to wireless networking. Javier holds a Telecommunications Engineer degree from UPC, and a Master of Engineering from Alari, Switzerland.

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Adam is a specialist in storage networks and grid computing. He's been a software engineer at a variety of firms from 1992 to the present, and currently is serving as Chairman and CTO of software tools house Mithral Communications & Design, Inc., while completing his doctoral studies at Stanford.