An analysis of the Ninux wireless community network

Wireless community networks are wireless mesh networks created and managed by a local community with mainly two main goals: sharing Internet connection and supporting local services. They are an emerging trend in Europe and have received the attention of many researchers, since they are large accessible deployments of distributed wireless networks. This paper illustrates the features of the Rome-based Ninux community network, the largest in Italy, and studies some interesting features it offers related to routing metrics and centrality metrics. © 2013 IEEE.