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MESH NETWORK PPT Junaid

Wireless mesh networks allow devices to connect to the Internet without wires by forming a decentralized network where each node acts as a router, forwarding data to neighboring nodes. This makes wireless mesh networks well-suited for providing coverage in remote or hard-to-wire areas at low installation and maintenance costs, though maintaining the network topology can be difficult. Mesh networks are also self-healing and resilient. The IEEE 802.11s standard aims to produce an amendment for creating wireless distribution systems with multihop topologies equivalent to wired networks. Originally developed for military use, wireless mesh radios allow each node to dynamically serve as a router.

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MESH NETWORK PPT Junaid

Wireless mesh networks allow devices to connect to the Internet without wires by forming a decentralized network where each node acts as a router, forwarding data to neighboring nodes. This makes wireless mesh networks well-suited for providing coverage in remote or hard-to-wire areas at low installation and maintenance costs, though maintaining the network topology can be difficult. Mesh networks are also self-healing and resilient. The IEEE 802.11s standard aims to produce an amendment for creating wireless distribution systems with multihop topologies equivalent to wired networks. Originally developed for military use, wireless mesh radios allow each node to dynamically serve as a router.

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Wireless Mesh Networking

What is a Mesh Network?

WLAN Access
Points

Clients

Wired Backbone
What is a Mesh Network?

• Get rid of the wires from wireless LAN.


• Access Points double as “wireless routers.”
• Wireless routers form a backbone network.
INTRODUCTION

Wireless mesh network is a network which comprises various


wireless nodes with access points. Each node in the network
acts as a forwarding node to transfer the data. Since the
network is decentralized, forwarding of data is possible only
to the neighboring node. This results in the network
structure simple and easy. WMN makes the people connected
with the Internet who work at remote areas and operating
business. This chapter throws light on WMN architecture,
layer functionalities, various other networking standards, and
applications.
Mesh Networking Advantage

• Very low installation and maintenance cost.


– No wiring! Wiring is always expensive/labor intensive, time
consuming, inflexible.

• Easy to provide coverage in outdoors and hard-to-wire


areas.
– Ubiquitous access.
• Rapid deployment.
• Self-healing, resilient, extensible.
Mesh Network Disadvantages

• The cost to implement is higher than other network


topologies, making it a less desirable option.
• Building and maintaining the topology is difficult and time
consuming.
• The chance of redundant connections is high, which adds to
the high costs and potential for reduced efficiency.
What is a Mesh Network?
IEEE 802.11s ESS Mesh Networking

Goal: Produce an amendment to the 802.11 standard to create a


wireless distribution system
– Support for unicast and broadcast/multicast.
– Self-configuring multihop topology
– Radio aware metrics; possible alternative path selection;
supporting protocols based on application requirements.
– Functionally equivalent to wired ESS.
Target no of packet forwarding nodes:
IEEE 802.11s ESS Mesh Networking

• Use 802.11 4-address scheme or an extension.


• Use 802.11i security or an extension
• Interface with higher layers.
Origin Of The Mesh Network:

Wireless mesh radio networks were originally developed for


military applications, such that every node could dynamically
serve as a router for every other node. ... This, in turn,
permitted each radio to handle a different function, for
instance, one radio for client access, and another for
backhaul services

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