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Serval Mesh is an Android app that provides voice calls, text messaging and file sharing between mobile phones using WiFi, without the need for a SIM or any other infrastructure like mobile cell towers, WiFi hotspots or Internet access.

• Serval Mesh – download and install, user documentation, versions, reporting bugs
• Serval Mesh development – information for developers
• Supported Devices – supported Android phones and devices

The main technologies offered by Serval Mesh (app for Android) are:

• Mesh Datagram Protocol (MDP) – routed packet delivery protocol for Ad Hoc Wi-Fi mesh networks
• Voice over Mesh Protocol (VoMP) – voice call protocol for multi-hop mesh telephony
• Rhizome - resilient file distribution system for mesh networks
• MeshMS - text messaging

Serval Maps is an Android app that uses Serval Mesh to provide collaborative, infrastructure-independent, geographical mapping.

The Serval Mesh Extender is a hardware device that helps other devices to join and participate in a Serval Mesh network. The objectives are:

• allow devices that do not support Ad Hoc WiFi mode to join the Mesh network;
• minimise power consumption for devices;
• support alternative radio interfaces to offer better range and/or throughput than WiFi;
• provide a platform for future Serval Project initiatives, such as the commoditisation of many classes of medical monitoring devices.

The following is a list of past and planned trial deployments and related activities.

• Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Demonstrator July 2010
• Nigeria InterNews Trial Jan 2011
• KiwiEx 2012 with NZ Red Cross Feb/March 2012
• KiwiEx 2013 with NZ Red Cross, New America OTI/Commotion and NLnet Foundation Feb/March 2013