Networking Presentations

= Bluetooth =

Bluetooth 5 is Here [ELC 2017]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Summary: This presentation provides information about Bluetooth 5 and its impacts on the ecosystem and shows new and exciting use cases for low energy devices and IoT with the focus on Linux and Zephyr OS.

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NimBLE - A High-Performance and Highly Configurable Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 Stack [ELC 2017]
Presenter: James Pace, Runtime Summary: This presentation provides information about NimBLE the world’s first fully open-source BLE 4.2 stacks for both host and controller subsystems for MCU environments.

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Creating Bluetooth-based IoT Solutions with Zephyr [ELC 2017]
Presenter: Johan Hedberg, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Summary: The session talks about the writing of Bluetooth application for Zephyr including the ability to utilize a Linux host with Bluetooth support combined with qemu for rapid prototyping.

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Bluetooth on Modern Linux [ELC 2016]
Presenter: Szymon Janc Summary: The talk talks about fast changing and evolving technology like Bluetooth and guides on BlueZ 5 Bluetooth stack architecture demystifying the transition from BlueZ 4 systems.

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Bluetooth 4.2 - New Features for Linux and IoT [ELC 2015]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Intel Summary: This presentation provides information about Linux and low energy support, secure connection and faster low energy data transfers.

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Implementing Controls with Bluetooth SMART in Android [ELC 2015]
Presenter: Michael E. Anderson, The PTR Group Summary: This presentation provides information about Bluetooth variants, Bluetooth support in android, dealing with broadcast devices and connecting to a Bluetooth smart device.

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Bringing the BlueZ Back to Android [ELC 2014]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Intel's Open Source Technology Center Summary: This provides information about the current android Bluetooth world, easy Bluetooth hardware integration, and bludroid architecture.

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= Wi-Fi =

Understanding Wi-Fi Variants [ELC 2019]
Presenter: Michael Anderson, The PTR Group, LLC Summary: This presentation highlights the different Wi-Fi variations frequencies, their speeds, distances and what types of hardware are needed for each type. It will also provide you with a road map to determine which Wi-Fi is best suited for your applications.


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Reliable Linux Wireless - Techniques for Debugging Wireless Module Integrations [ELC 2018]
Presenter: Steve deRosler, Cal-Sierra Consulting, LLC Summary: This presentation will cover all WiFi layers from firmware blobs, the Kernel's Wireless device drivers, through user-space, and then out into the air.


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prplMesh: An Open-source Implementation of the Wi-Fi Alliance® Multi-AP Specification [ELCE 2018]
Presenter: Arnout Vandecappelle, Essensium Summary: This talk explains the architecture of prplMesh, how it fits into the existing network stack (bridge configuration, hostapd/wpa_supplicant, cfg80211), and how it can be integrated with openWRT and RDK-B.


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The New Wi-Fi Experience for Linux [ELCE 2018]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Intel Summary: This presentation focuses on the recent development on how iwd has been integrated into existing platforms using NetworkManager and ConnMan It has kept up with recent 802.11 standard development and Wi-Fi Alliance updates.


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WiFi and Secure Socket Offload in Zephyr [ELCE 2018]
Presenter: Gil Pitney, Texas Instruments Summary: This talk will review the Zephyr WiFi offload architecture, and discuss an implementation of a WiFi offload driver for the TI CC3220SF SoC, where all the secure communication, secret storage and encryption is handled by the offload chip.


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Developing a New WiFi Daemon for Linux [ELC 2017]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Summary: This presentation is about a new 802.11 wireless daemon for Linux. It is a lightweight daemon handling all aspects around WiFi support for Linux.


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New Wireless Daemon for Linux [ELCE 2016]
Presenter: Marcel Holtmann, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Summary: This presentation is about a new 802.11 wireless daemon for Linux. It is a lightweight daemon handling all aspects around WiFi support for Linux.


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Wireless Networking with IEEE 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN [ELCE 2012]
Presenter: Alan Ott, Signal 11 Software Summary: This presentation takes you through IEEE 802.15.4 standards and current active projects in Linux under which implementation is underway.


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Saving Power With Wi-Fi: How to Prolong Your Battery Life and Still Stay Connected [ELCE 2011]
Presenter: Vitaly Wool (Sony Ericsson) Summary: This presentation talks about different power conservation methods currently available in Linux to prolong the battery life of the device.


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Linux Wifi Solutions for Mobile Platforms [ELCE 2009]
Presenter: Samuel Ortiz Summary: This session talks about different Linux based 802.11 solutions for different mobile platforms.


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= Ethernet =

Ethernet Switch Support in the Linux Kernel [ELC 2018]
Presenter: Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Summary: This talk will introduce the Ethernet switches and their typical features, the Linux switchdev and DSA APIs and their differences. It will also give an overview of sample implementations and how to use the features from userspace.


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= Protocols =

Fear and Loathing in the Media Transfer Protocol [ELC 2014]
Presenter: Linus Walleij, Linaro Summary: This presentation provides information about Media Transfer Protocol, Low-Level USB Interface, and OS Descriptor.


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= Phone Networks =

Getting the First Open Source GSM Stack in Linux [ELC 2012]
Presenter: Marcin Mielczarczyk, Tieto Summary: This presentation provides information about Open Source GSM stack, Mediatek platform, and JTAG finder hardware.


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= Others =

The Road Towards a Linux TSN Infrastructure [ELC 2018]
Presenter: Jesus Sanchez-Palencia, Intel Summary: This presentation will introduce some of the TSN (Time Sensitive Networking) standards (i.e. 802.1Qav, Qbv, Qbu, etc), recap previous attempts on TSN SW enabling, present the current architecture and upstream interfaces are currently in progress (e.g. cbs and tbs qdiscs, new socket options), introduce the userspace components available to TSN application developers, and discuss the challenges ahead.


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