Wireless Mesh Networks

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Challenges and Issues in Designing Architectures and Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks

   • V.C. Gungor, E. Natalizio, P. Pace, S. Avallone

   Pages 1-27

3. Architectures and Deployment Strategies for Wireless Mesh Networks

   • J.-H. Huang, L.-C. Wang, C.-J. Chang

   Pages 29-56

4. End-to-End Design Principles for Broadband Cellular Mesh Networks

   • Ö. Oyman, S. Sandhu

   Pages 57-76

5. Medium Access Control and Routing Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks

   • J. C. Hou, K.-J. Park, T.-S. Kim, L.-C. Kung

   Pages 77-111

6. Channel Assignment Strategies for Wireless Mesh Networks

   • M. Conti, S. K. Das, L. Lenzini, H. Skalli

   Pages 113-142

7. Optimal Resource Allocation for Wireless Mesh Networks

   • Y. Xue, Y. Cui, K. Nahrstedt

   Pages 143-166

8. Resource Allocation and Cost in Hybrid Solar/Wind Powered WLAN Mesh Nodes

   • A. A. Sayegh, T. D. Todd, M. N. Smadi

   Pages 167-189

9. Scheduling, Routing, and Related Cross-Layer Management through Link Activation Procedures in Wireless Mesh Networks

   • L. Badia, A. Erta, L. Lenzini, M. Zorzi

   Pages 191-226

10. Quality-Aware Routing Metrics in Wireless Mesh Networks

    • C. E. Koksal

    Pages 227-243

11. Cross-layer Solutions for Traffic Forwarding in Mesh Networks

    • V. Baiamonte, C. Casetti, C. F. Chiasserini, M. Fiore

    Pages 245-276

12. Multiple Antenna Techniques for Wireless Mesh Networks

    • A. Gkelias, K. K. Leung

    Pages 277-307

13. Security Issues in Wireless Mesh Networks

    • W. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. K. Das, M. Hassan

    Pages 309-330

14. Back Matter

    Pages 331-333

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A Brief Journey through “Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures and Protocols” Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Kin Leung, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Introduction Wireless mesh networking has emerged as a promising design paradigm for next gen eration wireless networks. Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) consist of mesh clients and mesh routers, where the mesh routers form a wireless infrastructure/backbone and interwork with the wired networks to provide multihop wireless Internet con nectivity to the mesh clients. Wireless mesh networking has emerged as one of the most promising concept for self organizing and auto con?gurable wireless network ing to provide adaptive and ?exible wireless Internet connectivity to mobile users. This concept can be used for different wireless access technologies such as IEEE 802. 11, 802. 15, 802. 16 based wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless per sonal area network (WPAN), and wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) tech nologies, respectively. Potential application scenarios for wireless mesh networks in clude backhaul support for cellular networks, home networks, enterprise networks, community networks, and intelligent transport system networks. Development of wireless mesh networking technology has to deal with challenging architecture and protocol design issues, and there is an increasing interest on this technology among the researchers in both academia and industry. There are many on going research projects in different universities and industrial research labs. Also, many startup com panies are building mesh networking platforms based on off the shelf wireless access technologies and developing demanding applications and services.

• 802.11
• Cross-layer design
• MIMO
• Multimedia
• Router
• WLAN
• WMN
• antenna
• architecture
• broadband
• communication
• communication networks
• development
• organization
• wireless mesh technology

• Department of Electrical 8 Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA

  Ekram Hossain

• Department of Electrical 8 Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, UNITED KINGDOM

  Kin Leung