Hi –
B.A.T.M.A.N. refers to a routing algorithm.
There are implementations of the routing algorithom at OSI layer 2 (batman-advanced) and layer 3 (batmand, bmx6)
You can use all 3 variants for Android to build wireless mesh networks and people are actually doing so (Serval)
Integrating batman-advanced into Android requires you to not only have root, but also provide a batman-adv kernel module that fits the kernel of the device. This is fine, if someone like Google or Cyanogenmod would enclude batman-adv in their Android builds, which would merely require to enable building the module in the kernel build process, as it is shipped with the vanilla kernel sources.
batmand and bmx6 are user space programs that merely alter the routing table. Integrating these is easier, since you merely require root permissions to run them.
Cheers, Elektra
I've been searching for wireless mesh network solutions. BATMAN showed up in google search results.
I just wonder its role and the future of it, and I want to know if it can power wireless mesh networks in android phones.