[Olsr-dev] porting PUD plugin to OLSRDv2

[Ferry Huberts]

On 05/09/15 18:07, Teco Boot wrote:
> To add something Ferry did not mention
>> Op 4 sep. 2015, om 12:01 heeft KRIEK Arnoud
>> <(spam-protected)> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> I am currently working on porting the PUD plugin to OLSRDv2.
>> However, there are still some things unclear to me about the PUD
>> plugin.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.       Are all nodes aware of each others GPS position via PUD or
>> just their own?
>
> The position on the node itself can be provided by GPS (or other
> source) directly, or loopback parameter (PlParam "useLoopback"
> "true").

the loopback parameter has a different purpose, check the example config 
for an explanation.

>
> The cluster leader mechanism is for multiple MANET clusters,
> connected via central server(s).
>
>>
>> 2.       If smart gateway is enabled, do all the nodes send their
>> Position update messages to the cluster leader?
>
> The design choice is to have less dependency for uplink, each node is
> responsible sending its position to the central server. Probably at
> costs of a unicast message to (smart)gateway in the OLSR cluster,
> which would be redundant to the flooded position update message.
> Also, the uplink has to message aggregation.
>
> In contrast, downlink from central server to cluster leader is highly
> optimized.
>
> Teco
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> The entire network needs to constantly update it’s GPS position for
>> each node. I would like to avoid having each node uplinking
>> individually and be able to accessbasically access the first node
>> you find with the server and immediately receive all GPS info from
>> the entire OLSR network via that node at any given time).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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