Download or read book Centralized Rate Allocation and Control in 802 11 based Wireless Mesh Networks written by Kamran Jamshaid and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) built with commodity 802.11 radios are a cost-effective means of providing last mile broadband Internet access. Their multihop architecture allows for rapid deployment and organic growth of these networks. 802.11 radios are an important building block in WMNs. These low cost radios are readily available, and can be used globally in license-exempt frequency bands. However, the 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) medium access mechanism does not scale well in large multihop networks. This produces suboptimal behavior in many transport protocols, including TCP, the dominant transport protocol in the Internet. In particular, cross-layer interaction between DCF and TCP results in flow level unfairness, including starvation, with backlogged traffic sources. Solutions found in the literature propose distributed source rate control algorithms to alleviate this problem. However, this requires MAC-layer or transport-layer changes on all mesh routers. This is often infeasible in practical deployments. In wireline networks, router-assisted rate control techniques have been proposed for use alongside end-to-end mechanisms. We evaluate the feasibility of establishing similar centralized control via gateway mesh routers in WMNs.

Download or read book Rate Allocation and QoS Support in Wireless Mesh Networks written by Bo Wang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capacity Enhancement and Reliability of Wireless Mesh Networks written by Hua Yu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have gained considerable interest in expanding IEEE 802.11 networks to large-scale enterprise and community scenarios, primarily because its capability of providing wide-band ubiquitous network access to a significant number of users. However, the mesh nodes are typically limited in resources such as bandwidth, computation power and memory. Moreover, the shared wireless medium introduces the interference. All these result in unsatisfactory network performance. In this dissertation, we tackle several issues related to the system performance of the wireless mesh networks. In the context of the network capacity enhancement, we focus on using the techniques of multi-channel multi-radio (MCMR) and partially overlapped channels (POC) respectively; In the context of network reliability, we focus on the measurement-based analysis and prediction of reliability in an experimental way. Capacity limitation is one of the fundamental issues in wireless mesh networks. We start our investigation by addressing capacity improvement enabled by multiple radios and channels with a centralized scheduling approach. In a MCMR network, our objectiveis to find both dynamic and static channel assignments and corresponding link schedules that maximize the network capacity. We focus on determining the highest gain we can achieve from increasing the number of radios and channels under certain traffic demands. When the number of orthogonal channel is few or multiple radios are not available, the use of partially overlapped channels is explored to enhance the capacity in wireless mesh networks. We investigate how the interference can be useful for communication when POC is properly utilized. We propose novel channel allocation and link scheduling algorithms in the MAC layer to enhance network performance. Due to different traffic characteristics in multi-hop WMNs compared to those in one-hop 802.11 networks, we perform our optimization based on end-to-end flow requirement, instead of the sum of link capacity. In addition, we discuss other factors affecting the performance of POC, including topology, node density, and distribution. To better understand how reliable a wireless mesh network performs, we perform a systematic experimental study to investigate the impacts of different factors on the unreliabilityof a mesh network and the sources causing such unreliability. The factors that we studied include traffic load, number of hops and flows, transmission rates, maximum retransmission limits and the RTS/CTS mechanism. Our results are based on measurements performed on our real-world mesh network testbed. In identifying the sources of packet loss, we developed a tool, FlowPaC, to collect flow-based statistics at different points in the system to understand the effects of the MAC layer parameters and the traffic attributes. We also explore the potential remedies for the system configuration and thereby improve the reliability of wireless mesh networks. Prediction of network reliability of WMNs at the level of individual flows in a small time granularity becomes very important, but is missing in the literature. Traditionally, the reliability of WMNs is measured as long-term averaged metrics, such as packet delivery ratio. However, WMNs are very dynamic in nature due to fluctuation of channel conditions and contention among multiple flows, so long-term averaged metrics cannot reflect the short-term behaviors of the network. Moreover, the users may require a sustained reliability for a certain period of time. In this dissertation, we measure reliability using metrics of both the goodput and packet loss in short intervals of time for individual flows. We propose a model to predict the short-term reliability for a user's flow in WMNs. Based on the measurement results obtained from our tools Rater and CalMedium, our model can achieve the prediction accuracy and avoid the complexity of the inter-dependency among the traffic, different system queues, interference, and MAC-induced factors. The predicted results have a good match with those obtained from our real-world mesh network testbed for both single-flow and multiple-flow scenarios. We also demonstrate two application examples of utilizing our work: finding the bottleneck rate of a flow and admission control.

Download or read book Modeling and Designing Fair Rate Control for Wireless Mesh Networks with Partial Interference written by Lei Wang and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet rate control protocols, such as TCP, encounter severe performance problems in wireless mesh networks. Because wireless networks use shared communication channels, contention and interference can significantly degrade flow throughput and fairness. Existing research takes either an engineering-based or optimization-based approach to solve the performance problems. The engineering-based approach usually solves a specific observed problem, but does not necessarily optimize the overall performance. The optimization-based approach mathematically models the network to find the optimal resource allocation among competing flows. The model can lead to a distributed rate control algorithm with performance guarantees, but relatively little work has been done to verify that the algorithm leads to good performance in real networks.

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Download or read book Designing and Deploying 802 11 Wireless Networks written by Jim Geier and published by Cisco Press. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing and Deploying 802.11 Wireless Networks Second Edition A Practical Guide to Implementing 802.11n and 802.11ac Wireless Networks For Enterprise-Based Applications Plan, deploy, and operate high-performance 802.11ac and 802.11n wireless networks The new 802.11ac standard enables WLANs to deliver significantly higher performance. Network equipment manufacturers have refocused on 802.11ac- and 802.11n-compliant solutions, rapidly moving older versions of 802.11 toward “legacy” status. Now, there’s a complete guide to planning, designing, installing, testing, and supporting 802.11ac and 802.11n wireless networks in any environment, for virtually any application. Jim Geier offers practical methods, tips, and recommendations that draw on his decades of experience deploying wireless solutions and shaping wireless standards. He carefully introduces 802.11ac’s fundamentally different design, site survey, implementation, and network configuration techniques, helping you maximize performance and avoid pitfalls. Geier organizes each phase of WLAN deployment into clearly defined steps, making the entire planning and deployment process easy to understand and execute. He illuminates key concepts and methods through realistic case studies based on current Cisco products, while offering tips and techniques you can use with any vendor’s equipment. To build your skills with key tasks, you’ll find several hands-on exercises relying on free or inexpensive tools. Whether you’re deploying an entirely new wireless network or migrating from older equipment, this guide contains all the expert knowledge you’ll need to succeed. Jim Geier has 30 years of experience planning, designing, analyzing and implementing communications, wireless, and mobile systems. Geier is founder and Principal Consultant of Wireless-Nets, Ltd., providing wireless analysis and design services to product manufacturers. He is also president, CEO, and co-founder of Health Grade Networks, providing wireless network solutions to hospitals, airports, and manufacturing facilities. His books include the first edition of Designing and Deploying 802.11n Wireless Networks (Cisco Press); as well as Implementing 802.1X Security Solutions and Wireless Networking Handbook. Geier has been active in the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and Wi-Fi Alliance; has chaired the IEEE Computer Society (Dayton Section) and various conferences; and served as expert witness in patent litigation related to wireless and cellular technologies. Review key 802.11 concepts, applications, markets, and technologies Compare ad hoc, mesh, and infrastructure WLANs and their components Consider the impact of radio signal interference, security vulnerabilities, multipath propagation, roaming, and battery limitations Thoroughly understand today’s 802.11 standards in the context of actual network deployment and support Plan your deployment: scoping, staffing, schedules, budgets, risks, feasibility analysis, and requirements Architect access networks and distribut

Download or read book Information Science and Applications ICISA 2016 written by Kuinam J. Kim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 1439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Information Science and Applications (ICISA 2016) and provides a snapshot of the latest issues encountered in technical convergence and convergences of security technology. It explores how information science is core to most current research, industrial and commercial activities and consists of contributions covering topics including Ubiquitous Computing, Networks and Information Systems, Multimedia and Visualization, Middleware and Operating Systems, Security and Privacy, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, and Web Technology. The contributions describe the most recent developments in information technology and ideas, applications and problems related to technology convergence, illustrated through case studies, and reviews converging existing security techniques. Through this volume, readers will gain an understanding of the current state-of-the-art information strategies and technologies of convergence security. The intended readers are researchers in academia, industry and other research institutes focusing on information science and technology.

Download or read book Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks written by Sudip Misra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview and Goals Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research in the area of wireless mesh networks (WMNs). The attractiveness of WMNs, in general, is attributed to their characteristics such as the ability to dynamically self-organize and self-con?gure, coupled with the ability to maintain mesh connectivity leading, in effect, to low set-up/installation costs, simpler maintenance tasks, and service coverage with high reliability and fault-tolerance. WMNs also support their integration with existing wireless networks such as cellular networks, WLANs, wireless-?delity (Wi-Fi), and worldwide interoperability of microwave access (WiMAX). WMNs have found u- ful applications in a broad range of domains such as broadband home networking, commercial/business networking, and community networking – particularly attr- tive in offering broadband wireless access with low initial installation and set-up costs. Even though WMNs have emerged to be attractive and they hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. Some of the wellknownchallenges areattributedtoissuesrelatingtoscalability(signi?cantdrop in throughput with the increase in the number of nodes), multicasting, offering qu- ity of service guarantees, energy ef?ciency, and security. This handbook attempts to provide a comprehensive guide on fundamental key topics coupled with new ideas and results in the areas of WMNs. The book has been prepared keeping in mind that it needs to prove itself to be a valuable resource dealing with both the important core and the specialized issues in WMNs.

Download or read book A Solution to Optimal and Fair Rate Adaptation in Wireless Mesh Networks written by Pieter Albertus Jansen Van Vuuren and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Resource Allocation and Management in Wireless Mesh Networks written by Liqiang Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wireless Mesh Networks written by Mutamed Khatib and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wired Wireless Internet Communications written by Xavier Masip-Bruin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th IFIP TC 6 International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2011, held in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, in June 2011. The 26 contributions included were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. In addition the book contains 15 invited papers. The contributions are structured in topical sections on mobility and LTE networks; performance and simulation analysis; adaptive approaches to guarantee E2E network services; energy efficiency and cooperation in wireless networks; transmission and management; quality through routing, naming and control; wireless multi-hop communications challenges in the future internet; and emerging contributions.

Download or read book Wireless Communications Networking and Applications written by Qing-An Zeng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 1265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on a series of conferences on Wireless Communications, Networking and Applications that have been held on December 27-28, 2014 in Shenzhen, China. The meetings themselves were a response to technological developments in the areas of wireless communications, networking and applications and facilitate researchers, engineers and students to share the latest research results and the advanced research methods of the field. The broad variety of disciplines involved in this research and the differences in approaching the basic problems are probably typical of a developing field of interdisciplinary research. However, some main areas of research and development in the emerging areas of wireless communication technology can now be identified. The contributions to this book are mainly selected from the papers of the conference on wireless communications, networking and applications and reflect the main areas of interest: Section 1 - Emerging Topics in Wireless and Mobile Computing and Communications; Section 2 - Internet of Things and Long Term Evolution Engineering; Section 3 - Resource Allocation and Interference Management; Section 4 - Communication Architecture, Algorithms, Modeling and Evaluation; Section 5 - Security, Privacy, and Trust; and Section 6 - Routing, Position Management and Network Topologies.

Download or read book Testbeds and Research Infrastructure Development of Networks and Communities written by Thanasis Korakis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2012, held in Thessanoliki, Greece, in June 2012. Out of numerous submissions the Program Committee finally selected 51 full papers. These papers cover topics such as future Internet testbeds, wireless testbeds, federated and large scale testbeds, network and resource virtualization, overlay network testbeds, management provisioning and tools for networking research, and experimentally driven research and user experience evaluation.

Download or read book Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications written by Ivan Stojmenovic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, ISPA 2007, held in Niagara Falls, Canada, in August 2007. The 83 revised full papers presented together with three keynote are cover algorithms and applications, architectures and systems, datamining and databases, fault tolerance and security, middleware and cooperative computing, networks, as well as software and languages.

Download or read book Wireless Mesh Networks written by Ekram Hossain and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects articles featuring recent advances in the theory and applications of wireless mesh networking technology. The contributed articles, from the leading experts in the field, cover both theoretical concepts and system-level implementation issues. The book starts with the essential background on the basic concepts and architectures of wireless mesh networking and then presents advanced level materials in a step-by-step fashion.

Download or read book 802 11ac A Survival Guide written by Matthew S. Gast and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next frontier for wireless LANs is 802.11ac, a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second. This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 802.11ac, with technical details on design, network operations, deployment, and monitoring. Author Matthew Gast—an industry expert who led the development of 802.11-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance—explains how 802.11ac will not only increase the speed of your network, but its capacity as well. Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput, or serve your existing client load with higher throughput, 802.11ac is the solution. This book gets you started. Understand how the 802.11ac protocol works to improve the speed and capacity of a wireless LAN Explore how beamforming increases speed capacity by improving link margin, and lays the foundation for multi-user MIMO Learn how multi-user MIMO increases capacity by enabling an AP to send data to multiple clients simultaneously Plan when and how to upgrade your network to 802.11ac by evaluating client devices, applications, and network connections