Demo: B.A.T.M.A.N. Mesh Routing on Ultra Low-Power IEEE 802.11 Modules
Randolf Rotta, Navya Sneha Chatharajupalli, Billy Naumann, Julius Schulz, Reinhardt Karnapke, Matthias Werner, Jörg Nolte · 2024
When implementing multi-hop mesh network protocols, efficient direct communication, route discovery, and route repair are crucial to achieve high network throughput. To our knowledge, there is no open mesh routing protocol available for ultra low power IEEE 802.11 modules. Previous work relied on single board computers like Raspberry Pi. We implemented the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol on the popular Espressif ESP32 along with a novel hybrid rate adaptation for the selection of efficient routes. In this demo we showcase challenges and solutions related to the implementation on ESP32 and how the hybrid rate adaptation improves end-to-end throughput.