Experimenting with a Multi-Radio Mesh Networking Testbed Export

@techreport{citeulike:2463745, abstract = {Experimentation is an important next step to take in the study of multi-radio mesh networks, but it involves many obstacles preventing a stable and reproducible testbed environment. Using off-the-shelf equipment we demonstrate the impact that specific design choices for access points may have in the performance of a 2-hop network. We find that only after careful calibration with simulation and analytical results can we identify baseline node configurations with predictable behaviour. In particular, we observe that multi-radio wireless platforms face limitations due to increased interference among the several radios inside a single node. Because of this, our mesh routers cannot hold more than 2 radios while requiring a minimum antenna separation of 35db. Throughout this paper we present a methodical approach that, despite being simple, offers a way in which wireless testbeds can be calibrated before experimental deployment and evaluation.}, author = {Robinsony, Joshua and Papagiannakiz, Konstantina and Diotz, Christophe and Guo, Xingang and Krishnamurthy, Lakshman}, citeulike-article-id = {2463745}, keywords = {linkquality, measurement, wireless}, organization = {Intel}, posted-at = {2008-03-04 09:31:38}, priority = {2}, school = {Rice University}, title = {Experimenting with a Multi-Radio Mesh Networking Testbed} }

TY - RPRT ID - citeulike:2463745 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2463745 N2 - Experimentation is an important next step to take in the study of multi-radio mesh networks, but it involves many obstacles preventing a stable and reproducible testbed environment. Using off-the-shelf equipment we demonstrate the impact that specific design choices for access points may have in the performance of a 2-hop network. We find that only after careful calibration with simulation and analytical results can we identify baseline node configurations with predictable behaviour. In particular, we observe that multi-radio wireless platforms face limitations due to increased interference among the several radios inside a single node. Because of this, our mesh routers cannot hold more than 2 radios while requiring a minimum antenna separation of 35db. Throughout this paper we present a methodical approach that, despite being simple, offers a way in which wireless testbeds can be calibrated before experimental deployment and evaluation. OR - Intel TI - Experimenting with a Multi-Radio Mesh Networking Testbed KW - linkquality KW - measurement KW - wireless AU - Robinsony, Joshua AU - Papagiannakiz, Konstantina AU - Diotz, Christophe AU - Guo, Xingang AU - Krishnamurthy, Lakshman ER -