So apparently Android got Mesh network capability with Oreo but no one noticed or cared...
So apparently Android got Mesh network capability with Oreo but no one noticed or cared
Nathaniel Harris
Dominic Young
windows 10 update also uses mesh network
Ian Reyes
Imagine Microsoft and Google flipping a switch and telling ISPs to go fuck themselves nationwide overnight
Austin Jones
I don't even want to imagine the latencies
Cameron Cruz
we can dream.
Justin Nguyen
This actually looks really promising.
>n Google Play services version 11.0, the Nearby Connections API was updated with a number of significant changes, including the following new features:
Offline support. Nearby Connections now works fully offline, no network connectivity required. Devices no longer need to be connected to the same multicast-enabled wifi network to discover or connect to each other.
Encrypted connections. Connections established between devices are now fully encrypted, ensuring that only the intended partipicants can read exchanged data.
Large payload support. Nearby Connections now supports large Payload objects, which may be messages (up to 32kb), files, and even streaming data. The API also provides realtime progress updates about in-flight payloads.
Simplified, symmetric API. The API has been simplified to be easy to use and more symmetric between advertiser and discoverer devices.
Learn more about the new functionality in the updated documentation.
Levi Martinez
>Exchanging Data
After a connection is established, further API usage is symmetrical, so there’s no longer a distinction between Advertiser and Discoverer.
Both sides can now exchange data as Payload objects. There are 3 types of supported Payloads:
BYTES Byte arrays limited to 32k; these are good for sending things such as metadata or control messages.
FILE Files of any size; these are transferred from the app to the network interface with minimal copying across process boundaries.
STREAM A stream of data that is generated on the fly, as in the case of recorded audio/video, with no final size known beforehand.
Elijah Wilson
what about ad-hoc wifi? How hard can it be to implement in andoid
William Morris
Great news. Now we gotta solve the latency issue
Lincoln Evans
Does this stuff work?
Jacob Anderson
Everything in Android uses API's. So if google wanted to they could create an API for the 802.11s (mesh wifi) protocol already included in the Linux kernel.
Andrew Robinson
Theres a few apps that use it. Very few.
Heres one. play.google.com
Aiden Wilson
Anything on F-Droid?
Adam Baker
developers.google.com
>The Nearby Messages API is a publish-subscribe API that lets you pass small binary payloads between internet-connected Android and iOS devices. The devices don't have to be on the same network, but they do have to be connected to the Internet.
This is nothing and for sure not mesh networking. It's basically and easier way to send messages/files between nearby devices and, of course, there is some google server mediating the thing.
Isaac Morales
That's the messages API. The nearby API has 3 different sub API's
Asher Hill
whoops, that's right, found it.
Zachary Jackson
Wow cool more remote exploits for the NSA
Kevin Barnes
All the drivers on your phone and the base band software are already closed source. They are already in your phone.
Josiah Gutierrez
>advertiser and discoverer
Fuckin hell their noses grew so damn big they can't turn off their schlock even in the documentation
Lincoln Phillips
Apples airplay/airdrop has used adhoc WiFi and Bluetooth for years.
Yawn
Adrian Long
What the fuck are you talking about? Android Nearby has been around for at least 3 years now