An interference-aware routing metric for Wireless Mesh Networks

  • Authors:
  • Riduan M. Abid;Biaz Saad

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA.;Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA.

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Mobile Communications
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), most routing metrics measure losses using the |direct| broadcast approach that incurs traffic overhead. On the other hand, the |indirect| approach requires the measurement of contention and interference levels. Unfortunately, the two known interference models (protocol and physical) are inapplicable on real-world implementations. This work presents an adaptation of the physical interference model that relies on a probabilistic frames arrival model and can be implemented. This adaptation allows the design of a new interference-aware routing metric. This latter is described and compared to ETX and IEEE 802.11s Airtime using a real-world indoor pre-IEEE 802.11s Wireless Mesh test-bed.