Public-Mesh-Research-Report.md

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 ## Prologue
 
+### Evaluation Criteria
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+We are looking for transport layers that enable the creation of smartphone-based mesh networks. To achieve this, a transport layer must enable smartphones to discover and/or connect to other smartphones nearby, either with or ideally without the support of infrastructure.
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+If infrastructure is needed, it must be of a kind that is already widely deployed worldwide and under the effective control of ordinary people at a local level (rather than national telecom providers, for example).
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+Suitable transport layers must be supported by a wide range of smartphones of different models and manufacturers, and must not require root access, which is only available to technically skilled users and only on certain phone models.
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+Although we have evaluated the various transport layers on Android, we are also interested in whether they can interoperate with other platforms, include iOS, Windows, Linux and macOS.
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 ### Test Devices
 
 The following devices were used for testing one or more transport layers: