Decentralised Drone Rescue Mesh
Ad-hoc emergency mesh network across Raspberry Pi nodes for search-and-rescue teams.
Project details
- Role
- Systems Architect & Core Contributor
- Timeline
- 2024
- Status
- shipped
- Tracks
- embedded, devops, software
- Team size
- 4 engineers
Verified results and performance
12Mesh nodesSimultaneous active relays
1.4sHealing timeAutomatic route recalculation
Problem Search-and-rescue teams operating in mountainous or remote valleys lack dependable communication when ground cellular towers are disabled.
Architecture Ad-hoc peer-to-peer mesh networking deployed on mobile Raspberry Pi drone payloads using Batphone/B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced routing protocols.
What I built Implemented cryptographic node authentication using Ed25519 signatures, automated routing metric monitors, and real-time offline map position broadcasting.
Result TODO(owner): Document field-testing range limits. Maintained reliable relay connectivity across 12 distributed nodes with 1.4s self-healing convergence.
Technologies & skills
GoDockerGit / GitHub Actions