Dynamic channel bundling in 802.11a based media-transport mesh networks

Most 802.11 WirelessLAN media transport networks communicate on a shared channel. Since bandwidth- and QoS-demands of new media content constantly increase, network capacities tend to be bailed out soon, if the entire WLAN spectrum is not efficiently exploited. The proposed multi-layer approach combines dynamic channel distribution with additional dynamic interface bundling for multi-interface mesh networks used for media transport. This novel distributed channel utilization scheme aims for a better support of QoS-related traffic as well as traffic on prioritized (gateway) routes in such networks.