Paper author here...
In our main project we implemented an onion routing stack compliant with the Tor protocol specification. Key issue is we avoid using any central server, like directory servers. It uses UDP (not TCP like Tor itself), runs on Android, fully functional, but not mature yet.
See our overview talk, http://wan.poly.edu/p2p2015/keynote.html
> The authors do not seem to understand the distinction
We are very much aware of the difference between ad-hoc and NFC transfers. Note that for dissent and anti-government protest you most likely need something else: Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), see these IETF pages, http://ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/dtn-charter
> I don't know much about Android development
This is quite non-trivial.
> I haven't read your paper yet but have you looked at Serval?
Sorry for the harshness of my tone. There's unfortunately a lot of people draping their tech in the mantle of "mesh" without actually introducing any innovation. I had taken this as such a project mostly because I saw no mention of routing protocols. I will take a look at your main work.
> The authors do not seem to understand the distinction
We are very much aware of the difference between ad-hoc and NFC transfers. Note that for dissent and anti-government protest you most likely need something else: Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), see these IETF pages, http://ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/dtn-charter
> I don't know much about Android development
This is quite non-trivial.
> I haven't read your paper yet but have you looked at Serval?
Yes, we are in contact with them. We invited the Serval people to one of the IETF events I organised some time ago. Sadly they are a bit underfunded. http://www.internetsociety.org/articles/moving-toward-censor...