scholarly journals Joint Channel Assignment and Routing in Multiradio Multichannel Wireless Mesh Networks: Design Considerations and Approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar M. Zakaria ◽  
Aisha-Hassan A. Hashim ◽  
Wan H. Hassan ◽  
Othman O. Khalifa ◽  
M. Azram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Mesh Networks ◽  
Channel Assignment ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Wireless Mesh ◽  
Traffic Distribution ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Joint Channel

Multiradio wireless mesh network is a promising architecture that improves the network capacity by exploiting multiple radio channels concurrently. Channel assignment and routing are underlying challenges in multiradio architectures since both determine the traffic distribution over links and channels. The interdependency between channel assignments and routing promotes toward the joint solutions for efficient configurations. This paper presents an in-depth review of the joint approaches of channel assignment and routing in multiradio wireless mesh networks. First, the key design issues, modeling, and approaches are identified and discussed. Second, existing algorithms for joint channel assignment and routing are presented and classified based on the channel assignment types. Furthermore, the set of reconfiguration algorithms to adapt the network traffic dynamics is also discussed. Finally, the paper presents some multiradio practical implementations and test-beds and points out the future research directions.

Link Capacity Based Channel Assignment (LCCA) for Cognitive Radio Wireless Mesh Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wajahat Maqbool ◽  
Sharifah K. Syed Yusof ◽  
N. M. Abdul Latiff ◽  
Hashim S. ◽  
Rahat U. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Wireless Mesh Networks ◽  
Channel Assignment ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Link Capacity ◽  
Wireless Mesh ◽  
User Activity ◽  
Decision Engine

Cognitive radio wireless mesh network (CRWMN) is expected as an upcoming technology with the potential advantages of both cognitive radio (CR) and the wireless mesh networks (WMN). In CRWMN, co-channel interference is one of the key limiting factors that affect the reception capabilities of the client and reduce the achievable transmission rate. Furthermore, it increases the frame loss rate and results in underutilization of resources. To maximize the performance of such networks, interference related issues need to be considered. Channel assignment (CA) is one of the key techniques to overcome the performance degradation of a network caused by the interferences. To counter the interference issues, we propose a novel CA  technique which is based on link capacity, primary user activity and secondary user activity. These three parameters are fed to the proposed weightage decision engine to get the weight for each of the stated parameters. Thus, the link capacity based channel assignment (LCCA) algorithm is based on the weightage decision engine. The end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio and the throughput is used to estimate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is closer to the optimum resource utilization. 

Recent Trends in Channel Assignment Techniques in Wireless Mesh Networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
D. Jasmine David ◽  
Jegathesan V. ◽  
T. Jemima Jebaseeli ◽  
Anand Babu Ambrose ◽  
Justin David D.
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Mesh Networks ◽  
Channel Assignment ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
Residual Energy ◽  
Wireless Channel ◽  
Wireless Mesh ◽  
Single Radio ◽  
Average Energy Consumption

Wireless mesh networks have numerous advantages in terms of connectivity as well as reliability. Traditionally, the nodes in wireless mesh networks are equipped with a single radio, but the limitations are lower throughput and limited use of the available wireless channel. To overcome this, the recent advances in wireless mesh networks are based on a multi-channel multi-radio approach. Channel assignment is a technique that selects the best channel for a node or to the entire network just to increase the network capacity. To maximize the throughput and the capacity of the network, multiple channels with multiple radios were introduced in these networks. In this work, algorithms are developed to improve throughput, minimize delay, reduce average energy consumption, and increase the residual energy for multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh networks.

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