Meshcom to open source its mesh networking software and technology

Meshcom’s proprietary mesh networking technology opened for public under open source licensing. Will deliver self configuring, healing and routing in wireless networks and applications.

Helsinki, Finland – October 21, 2009 – Meshcom Technologies today announced its latest contribution to the global open source community and wireless industry by releasing its previously proprietary Meshcom MeshDriver software as open source and now available to everybody. The software will be published available through EmbedOne, the open source division of Meshcom. Meshcom also announced the future development of MeshDriver will be EmbedOne community driven.

“MeshDriver can be implemented in any Wi-Fi device; from access points, networked surveillance cameras and laptops to smart phones, cameras and printers. It will provide ubiquitous connectivity and matches nicely with recent news from Wi-Fi Alliance announcement of Wi-Fi direct to enable peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connections. The solution enables users and devices to see the other users around and interact with them – or connect to devices through them – without any unnecessary configurations”, said Marko Nieminen, VP of Engineering at EmbedOne.

MeshDriver is available for downloading to desktop and embedded Linux, as well as Windows operating systems. Users and developers can find the source code, discussion forums and related development tools available from EmbedOne community starting from today at http://embedone.com

“Our goal is to fuel the creativity of developers for networking and connectivity applications. The idea of making MeshDriver open source has been bubbling in our minds for some time now and the idea supports greatly our goals. Now, it seems that Wi-Fi is developing to the direction with great potential for totally new revolutionary applications and therefore supports our mesh vision very well. Since the launch of EmbedOne, the open source division of Meshcom, we have been preparing MeshDriver for open source distribution and today we are happy to announce it is officially available”, said Miska Kaipiainen, CEO & Founder of EmbedOne.