Physical and MAC Cross Layer Design for Wireless Mesh Networks

Author

Muhammad, M. ; Salleh, N.M. ; Zakaria, M.S. ; Gannapathy, V.R. ; Husain, M.N. ; Ibrahim, I.M. ; Johal, M.S. ; Ahmad, M.R. ; Aziz, M. Z A Abdul

Author_Institution

Fak. Kejuruteraan Elektron. dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka

fYear

2007

fDate

4-6 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are an alternative technology for last-mile broadband Internet access that can support broadband services. However, for a WMN to be all it can be, considerable research efforts are still needed. For example, the available MAC and routing protocols are not scalable; throughput drops significantly as the number of nodes or hops in WMNs increases. Thus, existing protocols need to be enhanced or re-invented for WMNs. When advanced physical layer techniques, used, novel MAC protocols, especially multi-channel MAC, need to be proposed to utilize the agility provided by the physical layer. This paper presents an introduction to wireless mesh networks, IEEE 802.11, physical layer and Medium Access Control (MAC) cross layer design.

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; radio links; routing protocols; telecommunication network topology; IEEE 802.11; MAC cross layer design; MAC protocols; broadband Internet access; broadband services; medium access control; multichannel MAC; physical layer design; routing protocols; throughput drops; wireless mesh networks; Access protocols; Cross layer design; IP networks; Media Access Protocol; Mesh networks; Network topology; Physical layer; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; Wireless mesh networks; IEEE 802.11 Standard; MAC layer; Wireless mesh network; physical layer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics, 2007. APACE 2007. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1434-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1435-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2007.4603954

Filename

4603954