Towards Ethernet-Based Wireless Mesh Networks for Fast Moving Users

Author

De Greve, F. ; Vandenberghe, Wim ; De Turck, Filip ; Moerman, Ingrid ; Demeester, Piet

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Gent

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 29 2006-Sept. 1 2006

Firstpage

387

Lastpage

397

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the capabilities of switched Ethernet for building wireless mesh networks (WMNs) and more specific for the support of fast moving users. We motivate that switched Ethernet with wireless extensions is a promising auto-configurable WMN technology. An inherent Ethernet feature, topology modification according to the actual link rates, will be used to avoid poor wireless links in the active topology. We demonstrate that fast recovery is feasible in a WMN by extending the standard spanning tree protocols. Simulations and analytical results will reveal some basic differences if the wired links of switched Ethernet are replaced by wireless links and this leads to a parameter evaluation of the IEEE 802.11e protocol for optimizing the bandwidth usage of the wireless medium

Keywords

protocols; telecommunication network topology; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11e protocol; active topology; autoconfigurable WMN technology; bandwidth usage; fast moving users; parameter evaluation; spanning tree protocol; switched Ethernet-based wireless mesh network; topology modification; wireless links; Bandwidth; Costs; Ethernet networks; Information technology; Mesh networks; Network topology; Protocols; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless mesh networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2006. SEAA '06. 32nd EUROMICRO Conference on

Conference_Location

Cavtat, Dubrovnik

ISSN

1089-6503

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2594-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.62

Filename

1690163