NgARN : Next Generation Amateur Radio Network
currently a PotentialPicaProjects
"Towards a Next Generation Amateur Radio Network" by Samuel A. Falvo II, KC5TJA/6 2005
"Because the amateur service isn't bound by commercial interests looking to maintain compatibility with existing infrastructures, we needn't be hindered with past technologies."
Requirements for the NgARN:
Samuel's article focuses on communication between amateur radio operators; perhaps the same technology (or at least some of the standards layers) can be applied to wireless sensor networks.
Often we have some "slow" devices and some "fast" devices. Even with 2 identical devices, often they can communicate "fast" when they are close to each other, but need to down-shift to a slower speed when they are far apart and/or there is more environmental noise. It would be nice if the protocol provided support so that any 2 communicating devices could automatically switch to the "best" speed, rather than manually setting the baud rate.
I assume that we want the NgARN to be a "mesh network" with some "ad-hoc routing protocol". In other words,
related links:
"The biggest reason why wireless projects are being held up is a lack of standards." -- Paul Sereiko, as quoted by Dan Hebert in "The Invisible Threat" 2007