OLSR and Net-X as a framework for channel assignment experiments: extended abstract

  • Authors:
  • Marcel C. Castro;Peter Dely;Andreas J. Kassler;Francesco Paolo D'Elia;Stefano Avallone

  • Affiliations:
  • Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden;Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden;Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden;University of Naples , Naples, Italy;University of Naples , Naples, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 4th ACM international workshop on Experimental evaluation and characterization
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We present a software framework for channel assingment and routing experiments in multi-channel/multi-radio wireless mesh networks. Based on a plug-in architecture we develop a traffic demand-aware channel assignment algorithm. The evaluation in KAUMesh -- an experimental multi-radio mesh network -- shows around 30% throughput improvement with respect to a traffic un-aware channel assignment scheme.