Only released in EOL distros:
lse_communication: wifi_comm
Package Summary
Documented
Multi robot communication library and discovery node. Needs foreign_relay and olsrd to work.
- Author: Gonçalo Cabrita and Pedro Sousa
- License: BSD
- Source: svn http://isr-uc-ros-pkg.googlecode.com/svn/stacks/lse_communication/trunk
Documentation
WifiComm allows multi-robot peer-2-peer style communication. The discovery node works together with olsrd to publish information related to available neighbors. A library is also available to allow for easy opening and closing of foreign_relays, the method by which local topics are published on a foreign roscore, thus providing the communication channel.
OLSR
You can download olsrd-0.6.0 from http://www.olsr.org/.
ROS API
wifi_discovery_node
wifi_discovery_node uses olsrd to watch for neighbor robots.Published Topics
wifi_neighbours_list (wifi_comm/WiFiNeighboursList)- List of neighbors on the network provided by olsrd.
Parameters
/wifi_discovery_node/frequency (int, default: 1)- The update frequency of the neighbors list.
Tutorials
- Download and install wifi_comm
This tutorial will guide you through the process if downloading and installing wifi_comm as well as olsrd.
- How to run wifi_comm
This tutorial guides you through the process of running wifi_comm.
