Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks in Fading-Affected Environments
Abstract
A particular type of ad hoc networks, the Wireless Mesh Network (WMN), is drawing considerable attention in recent studies. The WMNs provide good reliability, scalability and low infrastructure investments, which grants a market appeal to this technology. Because of the specific characteristics of the WMN’s traffic, the capacity and quality of service parameters of this this type of network have been studied, but in most cases, considering a simple propagation environment. This paper studies, through computational simulation, how some properties of the physical channel affect the quality of service and the capacity of a WMN.
* Paper written in Portuguese.