Dynamic Power Control for Wireless Backbone Mesh Networks: a Survey
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Date
2010Author
Ntlatlapa, Ntsibane
Wyk, Barend J Van
Olwal, Thomas Otieno
Hamam, Yskandar
Patrick, Siarry
Karim, Djouani
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With the tremendous growth of wireless networks into the next generation to provide better
services, Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged to offer ubiquitous communication
and seamless broadband applications. WMNs are hybrid networks composed of a mixture of
static Wireless Mesh Routers (WMRs) and mobile Wireless Mesh Clients (WMCs)
interconnected via wireless links to form a multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc network (WANET).
WMNs are self-organized, self-configured, and reliable against single points of failures, and
robust against RF interference, obstacles or power outage. This is because WMRs forming
wireless backbone mesh networks (WBMNs) are built on advanced physical technologies.
Such nodes perform both accessing and forwarding functionality. They are expected to carry
huge volumes of traffic and be “on power” at all times. While trying to increase network
capacity, problems of the dynamic transmission power control (DTPC) arise in such networks.
Such problems include RF Interference, Connectivity and energy-depletion. While there are
numerous studies on this topic, contributions in the context of WBMNs are still challenging
but interesting research areas. This paper provides an overview of the DTPC algorithms
central to the WBMNs framework. The open issues are also highlighted.
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Olwal, Thomas Otieno, Barend J. Van Wyk, Ntsibane Ntlatlapa, Karim Djouani, Patrick Siarry, and Yskandar Hamam. "Dynamic Power Control for Wireless Backbone Mesh Networks: a Survey." Network Protocols & Algorithms 2, no. 1 (2010).Subject
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs)Wireless Backbone Mesh Networks (WBMNs)
Link-Layer Protocol
Dynamic Power Control (DTPC) Algorithms