Title :
A Network-Assisted Association Scheme for 802.11-Based Mesh Networks
Author :
Makhlouf, Sam ; Chen, Ye ; Emeott, Steve ; Baker, Mike
Author_Institution :
Motorola Labs., Schaumburg, IL
fDate :
March 31 2008-April 3 2008
Abstract :
Wireless mesh networks provide a flexible yet cost- effective means to expand wireless coverage, but their performance can be limited without carefully managing station-to-AP associations to minimize the total end-to-end resource impact. The received signal strength-based approach that is commonly used by 802.11 devices can lead to inefficient use of network resources in a mesh network. In this paper we propose a network-assisted association scheme for 802.11-based mesh networks that provides guidance without exposing stations to the details of the network. We show via simulation that our approach produces improved performance as compared to the RSS-based approach and conclude that our scheme can yield higher system capacity in 802.11-based wireless mesh networks.
Keywords :
wireless LAN; 802.11-based mesh network; network-assisted association; station-to-AP associations; wireless coverage; wireless mesh network; Channel allocation; Communications Society; Costs; Load management; Mesh networks; Network topology; Prediction algorithms; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless mesh networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2008. WCNC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1997-5
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2008.241