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Re:Why isn't mesh networking more popular? by ansimionescu on Sunday May 11, 2014 @07:24PM (#7730454)
I agree that in general the idea is pretty stupid, but what about if we add a couple of layers of master nodes? As Google says, by trading off a bit of decentralisation you can gain a lot of performance (see gfs, etc).
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Re:Why isn't mesh networking more popular? by api_or_ipa on Monday May 12, 2014 @01:03AM (#7731282)
route detection would be difficult. you'd throw in leader election on top of the mentioned network mush.
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