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A "Smart" MAC-Routing Protocol For WLAN Mesh Networks
A "Smart" MAC-Routing Protocol For WLAN Mesh Networks
Daniela Maniezzo, UCLA Gianluca Villa, Politecnico di Milano Mario Gerla, UCLA
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L2 Switch
802.11 BSS
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Mesh AP
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Usage Models
Internet
Mesh AP
Office
Soft Mesh AP Non-Mesh Clients
Non-mesh clients
Bedroom Den
Mesh SoftAP PCs Mesh AP CE Devices
Home Network
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Small Enterprise
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Public Safety
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Urban Street. Groups of people will use VoIP and data-centric services in the HotSpot scenario. At pedestrian speed there will be low mobility and no topology changes of the mesh backbone.
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telematics applications for traffic or parking management. In traffic jam scenarios gaming, chatting
AP1
AP2
AP3
AP4
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i queries the Routing Table checking for an alternative next hop to reach the final destination.
Thanks to the available routing information, the MAC protocol will not defer a transmission. The packet will be send thought a path that not interfere with the on going communications.
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SMART: an example
APa has a packet to transmit to APf
AP a AP d AP b AP e AP c
Ongoing communication
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AP f
Even if the primary selected path to reach the destination is goes trough APb, APa will choose an alternative path transmitting the packet to APd
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Work in progress
We are validating the idea via simulations. We are thinking to QoS extensions for 802.11s.
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