wifi-direct-group's Introduction

Android Applicaiton for Peer-To-Peer Communications via WiFi Direct

Introduction

This is an Android application, which forms a WiFi Direct group with relays to achieve better WiFi coverage. More specifically, the WiFi Direct group contains users, who can communicate with each other and/or access the Internet via one or more of its peers as relay(s), in order to achieve better WiFi coverage. The designed communication protocols and human-machine interfaces are integrated into this application.

What it can do
Installation
How it works
Contributors

What it can do

Send/receive messages to/from other smart devices beyond direct communication range via relay(s)
Access Internet service beyond WiFi WAP coverage via realys(s)

Installation

Prerequisites: Android OS with version 4.0 or above

Download this project
Install Eclipse on your computer (if you do not have one)
Open Eclipse and import the project by clicking "File->Import..."
Connect your smart device(s) to your computer using a USB cable
Enable USB debugging on your smart device(s) in "Settings->Developer options"
Run the project and download it to the smart device(s)

How it works

Install the app to two or more smart devices following the instructions above
Make sure WiFi Direct is enabled on each device in settings (Note: WiFi Direct, not WiFi)
Open the app on each device, connection will be automatically requested, accept any request being launched
Click the check box(es) associating to each device you want to talk to, and send message(s)
Messages will be successfully sent, if everything above goes correctly.