The hocman prototype - fast motor bikers and ad hoc networking

We introduce Hocman, a mobile HTTP peer-to-peer application, which supports social interaction among motorcyclists. The system enables sharing of multimedia content, such as HTML documents, audio clips and images over ad-hoc networks. The design derives from requirements found in an ethnographic fieldwork on motorcyclists. Our understanding of speed, the vast setting and collaborative activities contribute to the design of the system architecture. We have developed a rapid mutual peer discovery algorithm, to enable data sharing under these circumstances. We prove the feasibility of our approach by testing the technical performance of the application.