mesh networking

[\0xDynamite]

So....  regarding the revolution you guys have been making (last seen
c.1996), there are a few of us building out and thinking about how the
true "freedom-lover" (a*archist) can stay less dependent of commercial
and state dependencies.

Byzantium and other mesh networking projects show much promise,
allowing scalign to metropolitan-radius levels with only a few dozen
or less participants.  A few other dozen backbones with higher power
levels up 100W would cover a whole continent.

I've worked out a power equation which should be both functional and
"under the radar" to power-that-be.  The key insight is knowing that
you can attenuate your signal at twice the radius that you're
attempting to broadcast.  In this way you keep the "heat map" of your
network WELL under the background radiation of most metropolitan
cities.

P (in Watts) =((radius in meters)^(1/4)).  This is the maximum power
for licensed operation in a given range.  So if you have 10 units
operating in that range, you must divde the number by 10 to get any
*individual* transmitter power limit.  For unlicensed operation, you
may have to divide this number by 2 unless you're using a public band
set aside (like CB radio).

It would be interesting if someone could do some dimensional analysis
on this equation as it relates volts and amps to distance in space,
which I find intriguing.

So that means a mesh network with a granularity of a mile should be
about 3W per transmitter.  In theory, you should be able to receive at
this level if your tuning is fine enough.

Next topic: how to send an unbreakable cipher using base *i*.

Marxos