Mesh WLAN networks: concept and system design

Author

Faccin, Stefano M. ; Wijting, Carl ; Kenckt, J. ; Damle, Ameya

Author_Institution

Nokia Technol. Patforms

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

17

Abstract

In recent years WLAN technology has become the common wireless access technology for mobile computing. Additional to infrastructure access to WLAN networks, peer-to-peer and mesh networking are currently gaining in interest. Mesh networking techniques using WLAN are being standardized in IEEE 802.11s. This article describes use cases, the main technical issues, and a set of potential solutions for mesh network development. Furthermore, an overview of the standardization activities in IEEE 802.11s is presented. The key technical aspects of mesh networks identified are topology creation, routing, medium access control, security, quality of service, and power efficiency

Keywords

access protocols; quality of service; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11s; QoS; medium access control; mesh WLAN networks; mobile computing; network routing; network security; network topology creation; quality of service; wireless access technology; IEEE activities; Media Access Protocol; Mesh networks; Mobile computing; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Quality of service; Routing; Standardization; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2006.1632476

Filename

1632476