Understanding interference and carrier sensing in wireless mesh networks

Authors:
Jeongkeun Lee;Sung-Ju Lee;Wonho Kim;Daehyung Jo;Taekyoung Kwon;Yanghee Choi
Affiliations:
Hewlett-Packard Laboratorie;Hewlett-Packard Laboratorie;Princeton University;Samsung Electronics;Seoul National University;Seoul National University
Venue:
IEEE Communications Magazine
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Wireless mesh networks aim to provide high-speed Internet service without costly network infrastructure deployment and maintenance. The main obstacle in achieving high-capacity wireless mesh networks is interference between the mesh links. In this article, we analyze the carrier sensing and interference relations between two wireless links and measure the impact of these relations on link capacity on an indoor 802.11a mesh network testbed. We show that asymmetric carrier sensing and/or interference relations commonly exist in wireless mesh networks, and we study their impact on the link capacity and fair-channel access. In addition, we investigate the effect of traffic rate on link capacity in the presence of interference.