Elastic fair rate allocation scheme for multi-radio wireless mesh networks

Seyed Dawood Sajjadi Torshizi, Kae Hsiang Kwong, David Chieng, Seh Chun Ng, Fazirulhisyam Hashim

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Abstract

Fair bandwidth distribution among users remains a persistence issue in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Users which are more hops away from the gateway generally suffer from higher throughput degradation and hence higher delay. This is mainly due to the nature of IEEE 802.11 protocol, i.e. its operation in contention mode. In this paper, we propose a practical network-layer solution to address this fairness issue in Multi-Radio WMNs. The proposed framework consists of two main components: 1) lightweight messaging system and 2) Elastic fair Rate Allocation Scheme for Mesh Stations (ERASMeS). A highlight of the proposed solution is that it does not require any alteration of existing MAC and routing mechanisms and can be applied to nodes with multiple radio interfaces. This capability distinguishes it from other similar work on fairness provisioning in WMNs. The results obtained from our test-bed show that the proposed solution achieves a high degree of improvement in terms of end-to-end throughput and fairness index for all users.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2013
Pages2695-2700
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2013 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 8 Sept 201311 Sept 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period8/09/1311/09/13

Keywords

  • Fairness
  • Multi-radio
  • Throughput
  • WMN

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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