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Project Proposal Eel 5718 - Computer Communication

This project proposes implementing a wireless mesh network using Alpine Linux. Key steps include: 1) Configuring a laptop's wireless NIC and Alpine Linux to detect and connect to wireless networks, 2) Configuring the laptop as an access point for other devices to connect wirelessly, and 3) Configuring the laptop as a mesh node so connected clients can access the internet through it, effectively setting up a mesh network. Wireless mesh networks allow sharing an internet connection across a large area as nodes relay signals between each other and the wired node. This project aims to demonstrate the functionality and advantages of mesh networks.

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Project Proposal Eel 5718 - Computer Communication

This project proposes implementing a wireless mesh network using Alpine Linux. Key steps include: 1) Configuring a laptop's wireless NIC and Alpine Linux to detect and connect to wireless networks, 2) Configuring the laptop as an access point for other devices to connect wirelessly, and 3) Configuring the laptop as a mesh node so connected clients can access the internet through it, effectively setting up a mesh network. Wireless mesh networks allow sharing an internet connection across a large area as nodes relay signals between each other and the wired node. This project aims to demonstrate the functionality and advantages of mesh networks.

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PROJECT PROPOSAL EEL 5718 – COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

Implementation of Wireless Mesh Network using


Alpine Linux
Neeraj Poddar, Komal Kasat
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

Abstract - A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a II. IMPLEMENTATION


communications network made up of radio nodes organized
in a mesh topology. Mesh topology is a type of networking The project implementation includes a basic understanding
wherein each node in the network may act as an independent of the mesh topology architecture. The functionalities of the
router, regardless of whether it is connected to another various components like the nodes and the routing
network or not. It allows for continuous connections and algorithms for intelligent packets transfer will be studied in
reconfiguration around broken or blocked paths by details. The wireless NIC will be configured with Alpine
“hopping” from node to node until the destination is Linux so that it can detect and connect to the available
reached. In this project we intend to implement a wireless wireless networks. The next step involves configuring it as
mesh network by configuring Alpine Linux on a laptop as a an access point so that other devices can connect to it
mesh node for wireless clients. This will enable the users in wirelessly. Once the device works as an access point we will
vicinity to connect to the network wirelessly and gain access configure it as a mesh node so that the connected clients can
to internet. access the internet via this node. These steps can convert a
simple laptop to act as a mesh node and hence setting up an
I. INTRODUCTION entire mesh network.

In a wireless mesh network, the network connection is spread


out among dozens or even hundreds of wireless mesh nodes III. PROJECT SCOPE
that "talk" to each other to share the network connection
across a large area. Mesh nodes are small radio transmitters Wireless mesh networks are effective in sharing Internet
that function in the same way as a wireless router. Nodes use connectivity because the more nodes that are installed, the
the common WiFi standards known as 802.11a, b and g to further the signal can travel and the more nodes you have, the
communicate wirelessly with users, and, more importantly, stronger and faster the Internet connection becomes for the
with each other. Each node operates not only as a host but also user. Wireless mesh networks are the next step in the evolution
as a router, forwarding packets on behalf of other nodes that of wireless architecture, delivering wireless services for a large
variety of applications in personal, local, campus, and
may not be within direct wireless transmission of their
metropolitan area. The more nodes, the further the connection
destination. The biggest advantage of wireless mesh networks
spreads, creating a wireless "cloud of connectivity" that can
as opposed to wired or fixed wireless networks is that they are serve a small office or a city of millions.
truly wireless. Most traditional wireless access points still
need to be wired to the Internet to broadcast their signal. In a
IV. REFERENCES
wireless mesh network, only one node needs to be physically
wired to a network connection. That one wired node then [1] Ian F. Akyildiz, Xudong Wang, Weilin Wang - Wireless
shares its Internet connection wirelessly with all other nodes in mesh networks: a survey
its vicinity and hence the network grows.
[2] Jangeun Jun and Mihail L. Sichitiu - The Nominal
Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks

[3]S.M. Chen, P, Lin, D-W Huang, S-R Yang - A study on


distributed/centralized scheduling for wireless mesh network

[4]http://www.wikipedia.org

Fig.1 Wireless Mesh Network

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