Wireless Mesh Nnetwork: Architecture and Protocols

Abstract

The motivation behind the great effort in research and development of Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is the wide variety of their applications. WMNs are promising markets as many of their applications cannot be supported by other networks-wired or wireless-or, if they can, then the price is too high. WMNs are relatively new concepts of the multi-hop wireless networks and a domain of active research. WMNs are a single technology, topology, or architecture but rather a concept to move backhaul networks from “wired” connections to “wireless.” Physical and media access control layers encompass the concept of reliable transmission of upper layer data from one node in the path to its successive node. As Internet access becomes a need and the number of consumer end devices grows, new wireless access solutions toward the realization of anywhere, anytime connectivity emerge. Interflow and intraflow interference is the result of using one channel throughout the network.