Abstract
As a cost-efficient scalable Internet-access network, we have studied the architecture, protocols, and design optimizations of the Wireless Internet-access Mesh NETwork (WIMNET). WIMNET is composed of wirelessly connected multiple access-points (APs), where at least one AP acts as a Gateway (GW) to the Internet. Two types of APs are used for the hierarchical configuration to achieve scalability with sufficient bandwidth and low costs, namely, a programmable Smart AP (SAP) equipped with multiple antennas, and a non-programmable Conventional AP (CAP) with a single antenna. For a SAP, a smart antenna using an array antenna should be adopted to enhance the performance by allowing simultaneous activations of multiple links. Because the transmission capacity of a SAP with m antennas can be ideally m times of that of a CAP, the routing path should consider this difference so that the average delay between the GW and any AP be minimized to avoid bottlenecks. In this paper, we present an extension of our previous routing tree algorithm for this smart antenna use in WIMNET to improve the throughput by considering the feature. We evaluate the throughput improvement through simulations using the WIMNET simulator.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012, GCCE 2012 |
| Pages | 633-637 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2012 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: Oct 2 2012 → Oct 5 2012 |
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| Other | 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2012 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Period | 10/2/12 → 10/5/12 |
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An extension of routing tree algorithm for smart antenna use in wireless Internet-access mesh network. / Funabiki, Nobuo; Nakanishi, Toru; Watanabe, Kan.
1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012, GCCE 2012. 2012. p. 633-637 6379938.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AB - As a cost-efficient scalable Internet-access network, we have studied the architecture, protocols, and design optimizations of the Wireless Internet-access Mesh NETwork (WIMNET). WIMNET is composed of wirelessly connected multiple access-points (APs), where at least one AP acts as a Gateway (GW) to the Internet. Two types of APs are used for the hierarchical configuration to achieve scalability with sufficient bandwidth and low costs, namely, a programmable Smart AP (SAP) equipped with multiple antennas, and a non-programmable Conventional AP (CAP) with a single antenna. For a SAP, a smart antenna using an array antenna should be adopted to enhance the performance by allowing simultaneous activations of multiple links. Because the transmission capacity of a SAP with m antennas can be ideally m times of that of a CAP, the routing path should consider this difference so that the average delay between the GW and any AP be minimized to avoid bottlenecks. In this paper, we present an extension of our previous routing tree algorithm for this smart antenna use in WIMNET to improve the throughput by considering the feature. We evaluate the throughput improvement through simulations using the WIMNET simulator.
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