TY - GEN
T1 - An extension of clustering algorithm for considering link speed in wireless mesh networks
AU - Tajima, Shigeto
AU - Funabiki, Nobuo
AU - Higashino, Teruo
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - As a scalable Internet-access network, we have studied Wireless Internet-access Mesh Network (WIMNET) using multiple access point (APs) that are connected through wireless communications. In previous studies, we proposed a clustering algorithm for efficiently composing a large scale WIMNET by partitioning the APs into a set of clusters. This algorithm assumes that any link speed is constant for simplicity, whereas our preliminary experiments found that it is greatly changed as the link distance increases due to interferences when adopting the new high-speed IEEE802.11n protocol. In this paper, we extend our clustering algorithm to consider this link speed change to introduce IEEE802.11n into WIMNET. We verify the effectiveness of the extended algorithm through simulations in a grid topology instance using the WIMNET simulator.
AB - As a scalable Internet-access network, we have studied Wireless Internet-access Mesh Network (WIMNET) using multiple access point (APs) that are connected through wireless communications. In previous studies, we proposed a clustering algorithm for efficiently composing a large scale WIMNET by partitioning the APs into a set of clusters. This algorithm assumes that any link speed is constant for simplicity, whereas our preliminary experiments found that it is greatly changed as the link distance increases due to interferences when adopting the new high-speed IEEE802.11n protocol. In this paper, we extend our clustering algorithm to consider this link speed change to introduce IEEE802.11n into WIMNET. We verify the effectiveness of the extended algorithm through simulations in a grid topology instance using the WIMNET simulator.
KW - IEEE802.11n
KW - Link speed change
KW - WDS clustering algorithm
KW - WIMNET
KW - Wireless mesh network
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U2 - 10.1109/GCCE.2013.6664902
DO - 10.1109/GCCE.2013.6664902
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84892631686
SN - 9781479908929
T3 - 2013 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2013
SP - 500
EP - 504
BT - 2013 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE 2nd Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2013
Y2 - 1 October 2013 through 4 October 2013
ER -