Name
Abstract | ||
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Efficient channel selection is essential in 802.11 mesh deployments, for minimizing contention and interference among co-channel devices and thereby supporting a plurality of QoS-sensitive applications. In this paper, we propose ARACHNE, a routing-aware channel selection protocol for wireless mesh networks. ARACHNE is distributed in nature, and motivated by our measurements on a wireless testbed. The main novelty of our protocol comes from adopting a metric that captures the end-to-end link loads across different routes in the network. ARACHNE prioritizes the assignment of low-interference channels to links that (a) need to serve high-load aggregate traffic and/or (b) already suffer significant levels of contention and interference. Our protocol takes into account the number of potential interfaces (radios) per device, and allocates these interfaces in a manner that efficiently utilizes the available channel capacity. We evaluate ARACHNE through extensive, trace-driven simulations. We observe that our protocol improves the total network throughput, as compared to three other channel allocation strategies. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1109/ICC.2009.5199429 | ICC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
channel allocation strategy,total network throughput,multi-radio mesh network,co-channel device,available channel capacity,mesh deployment,routing-aware channel selection protocol,efficient channel selection,routing-aware channel selection,low-interference channel,wireless mesh network,qos-sensitive application,wireless communication,testing,wireless application protocol,channel capacity,interference,mesh networks,channel allocation,mesh network,routing,throughput,routing protocols | Mesh networking,Computer science,Computer network,Communication channel,Wireless mesh network,Throughput,Wireless Application Protocol,Channel capacity,Channel allocation schemes,Distributed computing,Routing protocol | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
1550-3607 | 3 | 0.47 |
References | Authors | |
9 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Athanasiou | 1 | 117 | 9.47 |
| Ioannis Broustis | 2 | 425 | 29.27 |
| Thanasis Korakis | 3 | 1401 | 115.56 |
| Leandros Tassiulas | 4 | 7692 | 757.41 |