Name
Abstract | ||
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We have designed and evaluated iMesh, an infrastructure-mode 802.11-based mesh network. IEEE 802.11 access points double as routers making the network architecture completely transparent to mobile clients, who view the network as a conventional wireless LAN. Layer-2 handoffs between access points trigger routing activities inside the network, which can be thought of as layer-3 handoffs. We describe the design rationale and a testbed implementation of iMesh. We present results related to the handoff performance. The results demonstrate excellent handoff performance, the overall latency varying between 50-100 ms, depending on different layer-2 techniques, even when a five-hop long route update is needed. Various performance measurements also demonstrate the clear superiority of a flat routing scheme relative to a more traditional, Mobile IP-like scheme to handle layer-3 handoff. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2005 | 10.1109/WOWMOM.2005.35 | WoWMoM |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
handoff performance,layer-2 handoffs,flat routing scheme,network architecture,excellent handoff performance,access point,infrastructure-mode wireless mesh network,design rationale,various performance measurement,mesh network,layer-3 handoff,spine,wireless mesh network,layer 3,computer architecture,mobile ip,mesh networks,layer 2,wireless networks,routing,latency | Mesh networking,Wireless network,Mobile radio,Computer science,Network architecture,Testbed,Computer network,Wireless mesh network,Design rationale,Handover,Distributed computing | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
0-7695-2342-0-01 | 59 | 3.35 |
References | Authors | |
13 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vishnu Navda | 1 | 865 | 47.76 |
| Anand Kashyap | 2 | 355 | 19.81 |
| Samir R. Das | 3 | 5341 | 494.55 |