Military Usage Scenario and IEEE 802.11s Mesh Networking Standard

Author

Shyy, D.J.

Author_Institution

The MITRE Corp., McLean, VA

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Due to its low cost, high-data rate and ease of setup feature, IEEE 802.11 WLAN has become an attractive solution for military wireless tactical network deployments. However, the current 802.11 specifications do not support mesh networking which is one of the essential requirements for military tactical operation. IEEE 802.11s was formed in May 2004 to develop standards for mesh networking between access points (APs). MITRE has submitted contributions to shape the direction of 802.11s standard development such that military requirements can be included in the standards texts. This paper provides an overview of 802.11s and MITRE´s efforts/contributions (in usage scenario, mesh discovery, mesh resource allocation, and cross-layer optimization) to this task group

Keywords

military communication; wireless LAN; AP; IEEE 802.11s mesh networking standard; MITRE; WLAN; access points; military wireless tactical network; Access protocols; Costs; Government; Military standards; Notice of Violation; Proposals; Resource management; Safety; Standards development; Wireless LAN; 802.11; 802.11s; Mesh Networking; Military Usage Scenario; WLAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302448

Filename

4086359