prplMesh: An Open-source Implementation of the Wi-Fi Alliance® Multi-AP

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An open-source, carrier-grade implementation called prplMesh implements the Wi‑Fi Alliance Multi‑AP spec using an underlying IEEE 1905.1a control plane; it runs as agents on APs and a controller (gateway or cloud) and integrates with bridge config, hostapd/wpa_supplicant and cfg80211. The project targets OpenWrt and RDK‑B, uses 1905 multicast/unicast for topology and control, exposes metrics for channel and BSS steering decisions, and works today though some security and provisioning extensions remain unimplemented.

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1. 0:00prplMesh and Wi-Fi Multi-AP
2. 3:41Multi-AP specification overview
3. 10:14Multi-AP standard and extensions
4. 19:57Protocol details and discovery
5. 27:03Implementation goals and architecture
6. 33:55Demo platform and integration
7. 36:26Future features and setup
8. 38:39Comparison with EasyMesh and Q&A

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