Maximization of Wireless Mesh Networks Survivability to Assure Service Continuity under Intelligent Attacks

Service continuity is a critical issue in wireless networks. Unfortunately, jamming attacks seriously threatens the continuity of wireless networks. The open nature of wireless mediums makes it vulnerable to any wireless capable devices. There are only few researches address the issue of how the service providers should deploy its topology or allocate its resources to minimize the impact of jamming attacks launched by malicious attackers. In this paper, a mathematical model formulating an attack-defense scenario of the problem is proposed. The results show when deploying defense resources, considering hops from core node is more useful than link degree. With the advantage of simulations, the concept of incomplete information can be taken into account which though raises the difficulty of the problem, but makes the problem closer to reality.