Small world wireless mesh networks

In this paper, the performance of a wireless mesh network (WMN) is improved by introducing a number of long links at strategic locations, based on the small world network concept, to shorten transmission delay. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used to determine the minimum number of long links and their...

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Main Authors: Afifi, Nabil, Chung, Kah-Seng
Other Authors: Innovations'08 Technical Program Committee
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31579
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description In this paper, the performance of a wireless mesh network (WMN) is improved by introducing a number of long links at strategic locations, based on the small world network concept, to shorten transmission delay. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used to determine the minimum number of long links and their locations such that the maximum number of hops of a given WMN with n nodes is minimized. In the optimization process, practical implementation aspects are considered. These include the radio interference likely to be introduced by the long links, and the possibility of traffic congestion at these links. It is envisaged that a long link will be equipped with a higher power transmitter and directional antenna.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-315792017-09-13T15:56:20Z Small world wireless mesh networks Afifi, Nabil Chung, Kah-Seng Innovations'08 Technical Program Committee In this paper, the performance of a wireless mesh network (WMN) is improved by introducing a number of long links at strategic locations, based on the small world network concept, to shorten transmission delay. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used to determine the minimum number of long links and their locations such that the maximum number of hops of a given WMN with n nodes is minimized. In the optimization process, practical implementation aspects are considered. These include the radio interference likely to be introduced by the long links, and the possibility of traffic congestion at these links. It is envisaged that a long link will be equipped with a higher power transmitter and directional antenna. 2008 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31579 10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2008.4781721 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fulltext
spellingShingle Afifi, Nabil
Chung, Kah-Seng
Small world wireless mesh networks
title Small world wireless mesh networks
title_full Small world wireless mesh networks
title_fullStr Small world wireless mesh networks
title_full_unstemmed Small world wireless mesh networks
title_short Small world wireless mesh networks
title_sort small world wireless mesh networks
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31579