Freitag, 9. Januar 2009

Principles of IEEE 802.11s

Authors
Hiertz, Guido R. and Max, Sebastian and Zhao, Rui and Denteneer, Dee and Berlemann, Lars
Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University Kontakt: Guido Hiertz

In Proceedings of The First International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks (WiMAN) in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), p. 6, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2007.
Publication Date: Aug, 2007
On page(s):6
ISBN: 1-4244-1251-X

Abstract
In 2003, interests in the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) 802.11 Working Group (WG) led to the formation of Task Group (TG) “s”. 802.11s develops a Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) amendment. Unlike existing Mesh products, 802.11s forms a transparent 802 broadcast domain that supports any higher layer protocols. Therefore, 802.11s provides frame forwarding and path selection at layer-2. 802.11i describes a security concept for stations that associate with an Access Point (AP). However, in a Mesh Basic Service Set (BSS) devices need to mutually authenticate to provide integrity of the network. Thus, 802.11s adds additional elements to the concepts of 802.11i. While traditional Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are AP centred an 802.11 Mesh is fully distributed. Hence, 802.11s considers extensions to the Medium Access Control (MAC) too. The authors have contributed to the standardization of 802.11s since 2003. As constant participants we give insight to draft 1.02 of TG “s” and provide an outlook to future evolution of 802.11’s first Mesh standard.

Author Keywords
IEEE 802.11s, IEEE 802.11, Wireless Mesh Network, Mesh BSS, WLAN

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Bibtex

@INPROCEEDINGS{Hi-WiMAN-2007,
  AUTHOR          = {Hiertz, G. and Max, S. and Zhao, R. and Denteneer, D. and Berlemann, L.},
  TITLE           = {Principles of IEEE 802.11s},
  YEAR            = {2007},
  MONTH           = {Aug},
  PAGES           = {6},
  ADDRESS         = {Honolulu, Hawaii, USA},
  BOOKTITLE       = {Proceedings of The First International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad
                    Hoc Networks (WiMAN) in conjunction with the 16th International
                    Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)},
  INSTITUTION     = {IEEE Communications Society},
  AFFILIATION     = {Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
  COPYRIGHT       = {The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 445 Hoes
                    Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA},
  ISBN            = {1-4244-1251-X},
  KEYWORDS        = {IEEE 802.11s, IEEE 802.11, Wireless Mesh Network, Mesh BSS, WLAN},
  LANGUAGE        = {English},
  LOCATION        = {Turtle Bay Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA},
  URL             = {http://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de} 
}

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