A Multi-radio 802.11 Mesh Network Architecture Export

@article{citeulike:3014438, abstract = {Abstract\ \ The focus of this paper is to offer a practical multi-radio mesh network architecture that can realize the benefits of multiple radios. Our architecture provides solutions to challenges in three key areas. The first is the construction of a split wireless router that enables modular wireless mesh routers to be constructed from commodity hardware. The second is the design of a centralized channel assignment algorithm that considers the inter-dependence between channel assignment and routing in order to create high-throughput channel-diversified routes. Third is the design and implementation of several communication protocols that are necessary to make our architecture operational. Our system is comprehensively evaluated on a 20-node multi-radio wireless testbed. Results demonstrate that our architecture makes feasible the deployment of large-scale high-capacity multi-radio mesh networks built entirely with commodity hardware. Our implementation is available to the community for research and development purposes.}, author = {Ramachandran, Krishna and Sheriff, Irfan and Belding, Elizabeth and Almeroth, Kevin}, citeulike-article-id = {3014438}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0026-8}, doi = {10.1007/s11036-008-0026-8}, journal = {Mobile Networks and Applications}, keywords = {algorithm, architecture, assignment, bfs-ca, breadth, cde, channel, diversity, ett, extent, first, interference, interference-aware, mcube, mesh, modular, multi-radio, network, protocol, redundant, router, scheme, search, selection, self-interference, split, tic, topology-aware, wcett, wireless}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 12:04:08}, priority = {0}, title = {A Multi-radio 802.11 Mesh Network Architecture}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0026-8} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3014438 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3014438 N2 - Abstract  The focus of this paper is to offer a practical multi-radio mesh network architecture that can realize the benefits of multiple radios. Our architecture provides solutions to challenges in three key areas. The first is the construction of a split wireless router that enables modular wireless mesh routers to be constructed from commodity hardware. The second is the design of a centralized channel assignment algorithm that considers the inter-dependence between channel assignment and routing in order to create high-throughput channel-diversified routes. Third is the design and implementation of several communication protocols that are necessary to make our architecture operational. Our system is comprehensively evaluated on a 20-node multi-radio wireless testbed. Results demonstrate that our architecture makes feasible the deployment of large-scale high-capacity multi-radio mesh networks built entirely with commodity hardware. Our implementation is available to the community for research and development purposes. JF - Mobile Networks and Applications TI - A Multi-radio 802.11 Mesh Network Architecture KW - algorithm KW - architecture KW - assignment KW - bfs-ca KW - breadth KW - cde KW - channel KW - diversity KW - ett KW - extent KW - first KW - interference KW - interference-aware KW - mcube KW - mesh KW - modular KW - multi-radio KW - network KW - protocol KW - redundant KW - router KW - scheme KW - search KW - selection KW - self-interference KW - split KW - tic KW - topology-aware KW - wcett KW - wireless AU - Ramachandran, Krishna AU - Sheriff, Irfan AU - Belding, Elizabeth AU - Almeroth, Kevin UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0026-8 ER -