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.

Table of Contents

• 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.

Contributors

• Tianlong Song
• Jose R. Llera