Title :
An Assistive System for Re-association Management in a WLAN Mesh Environment
Author :
Fuicu, S. ; Stratulat, B. ; Marcu, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract :
Presently, the IEEE 802.11s task group is defining a set of specifications for a wireless mesh standard based on IEEE 802.11 standard. The mobility management is one of the critical operations of any 802.11 network. In this paper we propose an assistive system that can improve the re-association mechanism which takes place when a mobile device roams in a mesh network. This is an empirical study of our proposed handoff mechanism, based on a fine grain analyze of the TCP behavior in a network enhanced with this assistive system.
Keywords :
mobility management (mobile radio); telecommunication network topology; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 network; TCP behavior; WLAN mesh environment; distributed assistive system; mobile device; mobility management; re-association management; wireless mesh standard; Environmental management; Mesh networks; Mobile radio mobility management; Routing protocols; Streaming media; Testing; Video on demand; Videoconference; Wireless LAN; Wireless mesh networks; IEEE 802.11; Wireless mesh network; re-association;
Conference_Titel :
Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies, 2009. NGMAST '09. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff, Wales
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3786-3
DOI :
10.1109/NGMAST.2009.60
