Small world wireless mesh networks

Afifi, Nabil; Chung, Kah-Seng

doi:10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2008.4781721

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Authors

Afifi, Nabil

Chung, Kah-Seng

Date

2008

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Conference Paper

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Afifi, Nabil and Chung, Kah-Seng. 2008. Small world wireless mesh networks, in Innovations'08 Technical Program Committee (ed), International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology IIT 2008, Dec 16 2008, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Source Title

Proceedings of the 5th Innovations in Information Technology Conference (Innovations'08)

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International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology IIT 2008

DOI

10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2008.4781721

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9781424433964

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School of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31579

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of a wireless mesh network (WMN) is improved by introducing a number of long links at strategic locations, based on the small world network concept, to shorten transmission delay. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used to determine the minimum number of long links and their locations such that the maximum number of hops of a given WMN with n nodes is minimized. In the optimization process, practical implementation aspects are considered. These include the radio interference likely to be introduced by the long links, and the possibility of traffic congestion at these links. It is envisaged that a long link will be equipped with a higher power transmitter and directional antenna.