Interference Awareness in IEEE 802.11 Mesh Networks
Authors: Max, Sebastian and Hiertz, Guido R. and Junge, Thomas
Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University
: Sebastian Max
In Proceedings of 12th European Wireless Conference 2006, p. 6, Athens, Greece, 2006.
Publication Date: Apr, 2006
On page(s):6
ISBN: 978-3-8007-2961-6
Abstract With current amendments, transmission rates of 54 Mb/s and more with IEEE 802.11 WLANs become possible. On the one hand, this allows the end user to change from wired to wirless infrastructure in even more application scenarios, on the other hand the sensible transmission modes reduce the maximum distance between the mobile STA and the AP to few meters in indoor environments. To extend the transmission range transparently, relay AP can form a mesh network to provide wireless connection over large areas. The MNA has presented an amendment to the IEEE Task Group ``s' with the aim of enhancing the legacy 802.11 medium access protocol to enable efficient mesh operation. In this work we give a short overview of MNA and introduce a possible extension to enhance its frequency reuse in scenarios of mutual interference. The possible throughput of a mesh build upon legacy 802.11, MNA and the enhanced MNA are compared by simulation using the WARP2 simulation engine.
Author Keywords
IEEE 802.11s, Mesh Networks, MAC Protocols, Interference
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@INPROCEEDINGS{EW06_SMX,
AUTHOR = {Max, S. and Hiertz, G. and Junge, T.},
TITLE = {Interference Awareness in IEEE 802.11 Mesh Networks},
YEAR = {2006},
MONTH = {Apr},
PAGES = {6},
ADDRESS = {Athens, Greece},
BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of 12th European Wireless Conference 2006},
AFFILIATION = {Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
ISBN = {978-3-8007-2961-6},
KEYWORDS = {IEEE 802.11s, Mesh Networks, MAC Protocols, Interference},
URL = {https://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de}
}
Signature in CN-Library = {QK017 (2006)}