[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: Node x is over this way -was- Applications

Jon jon at webprophets.net.au
Wed Mar 20 15:48:24 EST 2002


I believe Mojo is also connected with processing power - if you have more Mojo
you get more work to do figuring out routes, which is a non-trivial cost.

Jon


Drew wrote:

> >
> >
> >Correct.  Though long range links are generally expensive...  Perhaps
> >tunneling over the internet could be useful in removing the need for
> >network-wide broadcast discovery...  Hmm, that and mobile-mesh could work
> >quite well...  That'd save a lot of engineering...  But still, it doesn't
> >incorporate a decent encryption layer, or a 'mojo' layer either...
> >I think I'm going to have to sleep on this... I'm still thinking there's
> >some issues with this method I'm not considering yet...
> >
> There are *tons* of issues. The main problem with the mojo idea, is that
> it doesn't solve what it's trying to.
>
> example - problem: bandwidth congestion
> how does mojo attempt to solve this? by creating a class system where
> those with more links get more mojo, while those on the outskirts, or
> those who cant afford to put 5 cards and 5 antenna on their roofs are
> penalized by the system. so how could those people gain more mojo? by
> sending more traffic. thus actually increasing the amount of traffic on
> the network, as these people try to earn "credits" so they can download.
> mojo is like a ratio FTP site, but part of the network, instead of just
> some horrible idea on a ftpd.
>
> lets try this again without mojo
> problem: bandwidth congestion
> how do people solve this? those that have LOS, and can afford it, add
> more links out of their congested cloud, or across their congested
> cloud. say 2 people do this on each end of this cloud, now suddenly,
> traffic is reduced by 50% in the cloud, as there are now a route closer
> to 50% of the people than the other. this helps everyone, not just the
> person doing the longer link. enough people do this and the problem is
> gone. there is incentive here, and it will happen without mojo. those
> setting up the links have 0 hops to a shortcut, of course they'd want to
> set one up.
>
> -Drew

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