Military usage scenario and IEEE 802.11s mesh networking standard

Authors:
D. J. Shyy
Affiliations:
The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA
Venue:
MILCOM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE conference on Military communications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Due to its low cost, high-data rate and ease of setup feature, IEEE 802.11 WLAN has become an attractive solution for military wireless tactical network deployments. However, the current 802.11 specifications do not support mesh networking which is one of the essential requirements for military tactical operation. IEEE 802.11s was formed in May 2004 to develop standards for mesh networking between access points (APs). MITRE has submitted contributions to shape the direction of 802.11s standard development such that military requirements can be included in the standards texts. This paper provides an overview of 802.11s and MITRE's efforts/contributions (in usage scenario, mesh discovery, mesh resource allocation, and cross-layer optimization) to this task group.