I finally got around to reading these papers. I liked the compression techniques used by bmx6...
I can't help but want to also increase babel's update rate from 2sec to .5sec as in bmx6 for comparison. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Baptiste Jonglez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > There is a new paper comparing the relative performance of babeld, olsrd, > and bmx6: > > Neumann, Axel, Ester López, and Leandro Navarro. "Evaluation of mesh > routing protocols for wireless community networks." Computer Networks > 93 (2015): 308-323. > > Compared to the 2013 paper, it's much more torough, and used a testbed > while the 2013 paper was only based on emulation (this should make > Matthieu happy!). > > The conclusion is the following: > > Babel is the most lightweight protocol with the least memory, CPU, and > control-traffic requirements as long as it is used in networks with > stable links and low node densities. > > However, if the protocol is used in large or dense wireless > deployments with frequent link changes due to dynamic interference or > nodes leaving or joining the network, then its reactive mechanisms to > encounter topology changes by sending additional routing updates and > route request messages turn into massive control-traffic and > processing overhead. In such scenarios, OLSR and BMX6, with their > strictly constant rate for sending topology and routing update > messages, outperform Babel in terms of overhead, stability, and even > self-healing capabilities. > > > The paper is available here: > > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128615002522 > (paywalled) > http://www2.ic.uff.br/~celio/classes/cmovel/slides/community-mesh-2015.pdf > http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro/pubs/eomrpfwcn.pdf (open-access preprint) > http://dsg.ac.upc.edu/eval-mesh-routing-wcn (more information, data, > scripts) > > > Baptiste > > _______________________________________________ > Babel-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users -- Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
