Title :
Design of Wireless Mesh Networks: Expansion and Reliability Studies
Author :
Beljadid, A. ; Hafid, A.S. ; Gendreau, M.
Author_Institution :
NRL, Univ. of Montreal, Montreal, QC
Abstract :
Our goal is to propose a unified/generalized model for the Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) design problem taking into account all the parameters that have a significant impact on WMNs. In the WMNs design literature, different studies take into account traffic demand, interference, multi-channel, transmission power, potential locations of wireless routers/gateways and node´s characteristics (number of radios/node and number of channels/radio). In this paper, we introduce two new parameters: expansion and reliability. We will focus on refining the WMN design taking into account traffic expansion, geographic expansion and reliability without increasing the investment cost of the design.
Keywords :
radio links; radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; geographic expansion; traffic expansion; wireless gateways; wireless mesh networks; wireless node; wireless routers; Cost function; Delay; Interference; Investments; Proposals; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Topology; Traffic control; Wireless mesh networks;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2008. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2324-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2008.ECP.139
