Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs)
Lin Chen
Abstract
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have been expected to be the ultimate solution for the next decade wireless networking. The attractions of WMNs include easy set-up on the fly, off-the-shelf cost, flexible interoperability with other networks, and highly reliable connectivity. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of current on-going research, academic and industrial activities for WMNs, such as cutting-edge technologies used in deploying WMNs, algorithms designed to improve the performance of WMNs. WMNs protocols and products are also presented to offer readers a broad view of WMNs, the exciting network for the next generation.
Keywords: Wireless Mesh Network, WMNs, WiMax, mesh architecture, metro-scale wireless network, mesh test-beds, mesh product, IEEE 802.11s, IEEE 802.15.3a, IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE 802.15.5, IEEE 802.16a, IEEE 802.20.
Table of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 WMNs Architecture
- 2.1 Types of Nodes in WMNs
- 2.2 WMNs Architecture
- 3.0 Real-world WMNs Applications
- 4.0 Activities on WMNs
- 4.1 Radio Technologies
- 4.2 Scheduling
- 4.3 Routing
- 4.4 WMNs over WiMax
- 4.5 Topology and Architecture
- 4.6 Capacity and Performance
- 5.0 WMNs Standards
- 5.1 IEEE 802.11s
- 5.2 IEEE 802.15
- 5.2.1 IEEE 802.15.3a
- 5.2.2 IEEE 802.15.4
- 5.2.3 IEEE 802.15.5
- 5.3 IEEE 802.16a
- 5.4 IEEE 802.20
- 6.0 Academic WMNs Test-beds
- 6.1 MIT Roofnet
- 6.2 Georgia Institute of Technology BWN-Mesh
- 6.3 State University of New York: Hyacinth
- 7.0 Industrial WMNs Products
- 7.1 U.S. Companies
- 7.2 UK Companies
- Summary
- References
- List of Acronyms
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