Interference-aware power control for Multi-Radio Multi-Channel wireless mesh networks

Author

Olwal, T.O. ; van Wyk, B.J. ; Djouani, K. ; Hamam, Y. ; Siarry, P. ; Ntlatlapa, N.

Author_Institution

Meraka Inst., CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2009

fDate

23-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Multi-radio multi-channel (MRMC) systems are key to power control problems in WMNs. In this paper, we present a dynamic power control for MRMC WMNs. First, WMN is represented as a set of disjoint unified channel graphs (UCGs). Second, each radio assigned to a unique UCG adjusts the transmission power locally using predicted interference states among different adjacent UCGs. A new power selection MRMC unification protocol (PMMUP) is proposed that coordinates local power optimizations at the radios of a node. The throughput and energy performance of the proposed method is investigated through simulations.

Keywords

graph theory; power control; protocols; radio networks; radiofrequency interference; set theory; telecommunication control; telecommunication network topology; wireless channels; MRMC WMN; PMMUP; UCG; disjoint unified channel graph set; energy performance; interference-aware power control; local power optimization; multiradio multichannel wireless mesh network; power selection MRMC unification protocol; throughput performance; transmission power adjustment; Africa; Communication system traffic control; Degradation; Interference; Mesh networks; Power control; Protocols; Spine; Throughput; Wireless mesh networks; Interference-Aware; Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Interaction Prediction Algorithm (MMIPA); Selection Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Unification Protocol (PMMUP); Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2009. AFRICON '09.

Conference_Location

Nairobi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3918-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3919-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308318

Filename

5308318