Shelob is an open, customisable, multifunction embedded system which is designed to manage wireless network infrastructures and deliver added value services. It contains four different software programmes to manage network infrastructure and deliver multimedia services, characterised by a hardware platform, Alix, with wireless interfaces based on chipset atheros® and a common operating system (OpenWRT).
Shelob is an open, configurable system which can be adapted to different application contexts, enabling various operative functions to be developed, adding new onboard services to a network node and simplifying the creation of complex networks.