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Contents 1 Firmware 1.1 For Linksys WRT54G 2 Tools 3 Useful Documents 4 Meraka Research papers 4.1 David's research work 4.1.1 1996 4.1.2 2003 4.1.3 2004 4.1.4 2005 4.1.5 2006 4.1.6 2007 4.1.7 2008 4.2 Karel's research work

[edit] Firmware

[edit] For Linksys WRT54G

Our customized Freifunk firmware with IPv6 packages. Download and check the README file

[edit] Tools

Spreadsheet for Optimising Cantennae

[edit] Useful Documents

Wireless Networking in the Developing World

Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network A do-it-yourself guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network. This is a step-by-step guide on converting a Linksys WRT54GL into a mesh node.

[edit] Meraka Research papers

[edit] David's research work

[edit] 1996

Thesis: Final year Electronic Engineering thesis on "Sound synthesis using a genetic algorithm"

[edit] 2003

Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, 2003 Military Information and Communications Symposium of South Africa (MICCSA) conference: Bluetooth in the defence industry - "The quest for point to multipoint cable replacement"

Conference presentation: D.L. Johnson, 2003 Military Information and Communications Symposium of South Africa (MICCSA) conference: Bluetooth in the defence industry - "The quest for point to multipoint cable replacement"

[edit] 2004

Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, 2004 IEEE Africon conference: Hardware and software implications of creating Bluetooth Scatternet devices

Lecture: D.L. Johnson, Bluetooth lecture for post-graduate course on network security at University of Pretoria

Lecture: D.L. Johnson, Bluetooth lecture for wireless symposium at Tshwane University of Technology

Lecture: D.L. Johnson, Wifi lecture for wireless symposium at Tshwane University of Technology

[edit] 2005

Conference paper: A. Smith, D.L. Johnson, Y.Kaka, 2005 Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) conference, Initial research results on affordable community-owned information networks in South Africa

uClinux course presented to meraka staff

• Day 1: D.L. Johnson, Survey of embedded operating systems - why uClinux, The uclinux environment - the directory structure

• Day 2: D.L. Johnson, Using the configuration tools for the kernel and user applications, Adding user application to uClinux

• Day 3: D.L. Johnson, The cross compiling tool chain (gcc, as, ld, objdump, objcopy), Memory architecture of the arm7tdmi processor - configuring uclinux for the arm

• Day 4: D.L. Johnson, To "Boot loader" or not to "Boot loader, Hardware access and device drivers

• Day 5: D.L. Johnson, Debugging applications with gdb, Downloading applications to the development kit using JTAG

[edit] 2006

Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, Y. Kaka, J. Hay, 2006 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) conference: A new grid based test bed environment for carrying out ad-hoc networking experiments

Conference poster: D.L. Johnson, Y. Kaka, J. Hay, 2006 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) conference: A new grid based test bed environment for carrying out ad-hoc networking experiments

Workshop poster: D.L. Johnson, 2006 Association for Progressive Communication workshop in London sponsored by the IDRC: Wireless Africa - The quest to connect 450 million rural people in Africa

[edit] 2007

Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, A. Lysko 2007 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) conference: Overview of the Meraka wireless grid test bed for evaluation of ad-hoc routing protocols

Conference presentation: D.L. Johnson, A. Lysko 2007 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) conference: Overview of the Meraka wireless grid test bed for evaluation of ad-hoc routing protocols

Journal paper: D.L. Johnson, A. Lysko, Special issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" of the Journal of special issues on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing, Springer US, "Comparison Of MANET Routing Protocols Using A New Grid Based Test Bed Environment"

Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2007), Evaluation of a single radio rural mesh network in South Africa

Conference poster: D.L. Johnson, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2007), Evaluation of a single radio rural mesh network in South Africa

[edit] 2008

Journal paper: D.L. Johnson, G.P. Hancke, Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, Comparison of two routing metrics in OLSR on a grid based mesh network

Masters thesis: Performance analysis of mesh networks in indoor and outdoor wireless testbeds

Conference paper - draft: D.L. Johnson, C. Aichele, N.Ntlatlapa, 2nd IFIP International Symposium on Wireless Communications and Information Technology in Developing Countries (WCITD’2008): A simple pragmatic approach to mesh routing using BATMAN

Conference paper - draft: D.L. Johnson, K. Roux 2007, Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR)  : Building rural wireless networks: Lessons learnt and future directions

Conference paper: A.A. Lysko, D.L. Johnson, The 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. on APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS, WIRELESS and OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (ELECTROSCIENCE '08)  : Building A Numerical Study of Propagation Effects in a Wireless Mesh Test Bed

[edit] Karel's research work

Bringing connectivity to rural Zambia using a collaborative approach