Chapter 13: Hybrid Wireless Networks

Introduction
Next-Generation Hybrid
Wireless Architectures
Routing in Hybrid Wireless
Networks

Pricing in Multi-hop Wireless

Networks
Power Control Schemes in
Hybrid Wireless Networks
Load balancing in Hybrid
Wireless Networks

Introduction
Next-generation wireless systems are expected to support a wide range of
advanced services:
Support both data and voice traffic
Cellular systems:
1G focused on efficient frequency usage for voice transmission.
2G focuses on efficient spectrum usage for voice transmission.
3G focuses on efficient data traffic.
Hybrid wireless network architectures combine multi-hop radio relaying and
infrastructure support to provide high-capacity wireless networks.

Next-generation hybrid wireless architectures

Multi-hop cellular network (MCN)

Integrated cellular and ad hoc replaying system (iCAR)
Hybrid wireless network (HWN)
Self-organization packet radio networks with overlay (SOPRANO)
Multi-power architecture for cellular networks (MuPAC)
Throughput enhanced wireless in local loop (TWiLL)

Classification of Hybrid Architecures

Systems with host-cum-relay (host-Cumulative-relay) stations
The dedicated relay stations do not originate data traffic on their own and
assist in forwarding on behalf of the sender.
Single-Mode systems: MHs operate only multi-hop mode.
Multi-Mode Systems: the mobile hosts act either in single-hop mode or in
multi-hop mode depending on the architecture.

High-mobility systems
Limited-mobility systems
Systems with dedicated relay stations
Dedicated relay stations are used for relaying data traffic.
Single-mode systems
Multi-mode systems
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