DocumentCode :
2930919
Title :
JANUS: A Framework for Distributed Management of Wireless Mesh Networks
Author :
Riggio, Roberto ; Scalabrino, Nicola ; Miorandi, Daniele ; Chlamtac, Imrich
Author_Institution :
CREATE-NET, Trento
fYear :
2007
fDate :
21-23 May 2007
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
7
Abstract :
Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are emerging as a potentially attractive access architecture for metropolitan-scale networks. While research on WMNs has been up to a large extent confined to the study of efficient routing protocols, there is a clear need to envision new network management tools, able to sufficiently exploit the peculiarities of WMNs. In particular, a new generation of middleware tools for network monitoring and profiling must be introduced in order to speed up development and testing of novel protocol architectures. Currently, management functionalities are developed using conventional centralized approaches. The distributed and self-organizing nature of WMNs suggest a transition from network monitoring to network sensing. In this work, we propose JANUS, a novel framework for distributed monitoring of WMNs. We describe the JANUS architecture, present a possible implementation based on open-source software and report some experimental measurements carried out on a small-scale testbed.
Keywords :
radio access networks; routing protocols; telecommunication network management; JANUS; WMN; distributed management; metropolitan-scale networks; network monitoring; network sensing; routing protocols; self-organization; wireless mesh networks; Computer architecture; Load management; Mesh networks; Middleware; Monitoring; Peer to peer computing; Routing protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Wireless mesh networks; distributed hash table; network management; overlay networks; publish-subscribe systems; wireless mesh networks;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2007. TridentCom 2007. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0739-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0739-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444703
Filename :
4444703
Link To Document :
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