Title: A topology control-based self-organisation in wireless mesh networks

Authors: Ante Prodan, Vinod Mirchandani, John Debenham

Addresses: Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. ' Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. ' Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

Abstract: An algorithm for self-organisation that assigns the channels intelligently in multi-radio wireless mesh networks (MR-WMN) is important for the proper operation of MR-WMN. The aim of the self-organisation algorithm is to reduce the overall interference and increase the aggregate capacity of the network. In this paper, we have first proposed a generic self-organisation algorithm that addresses these two challenges. The basic approach is that of a distributed, light-weight, cooperative multiagent system that guarantees scalability. Second, we have evaluated the performance of the proposed self-organisation algorithm for two sets of initialisation schemes. The initialisation process results in a topology control of MR-WMN by way of spatial distribution of connectivity between the mesh nodes. The results have been obtained for realistic scenarios of MR-WMN node densities and topologies. We have shown in addition the need to develop non-transmit power control based algorithms to achieve a further increase in system capacity.

Keywords: multi-radio routers; self-organisation; mesh networks; scalability; stability; 802.11 WLANs; performance evaluation; topology control; algorithms; interference cost; wireless networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2008.021075

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2008 Vol.1 No.4/5/6, pp.373 - 397

Published online: 03 Nov 2008 *

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