• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권9A호
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• pp.916-922
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• 2007

Wireless networks (WNs) are developed and applied widely in a lot of areas. Now, a new generation of wireless networks is coming, and that is Wireless Mesh Network (WMN). At present, there are not so many researches which deal on this area. Most researches are derived from Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) and WNs. In WMNs, there are some applications that require real-time delivery. To guarantee this, rate control and congestion control are needed. This problem leads to optimization issue in transport layer. In this paper, we propose a mathematical model which is applied in rate and congestion control in WNMs. From this model, we optimize rate and congestion control in WMNs by maximizing network utility. The proposed algorithm is implemented in distributed way both in links and sources.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2009

In wireless mesh networks multi-rate technology environment, a mesh node can dynamically modify the data transmission rate on a particular link, in response to link distance, or more accurately, the perceived SNR ratio between neighbor nodes. In such networks, existing route selection schemes use a link quality metric. Thus, these schemes may easily result in the network being overloaded. In this paper, a new route metric is proposed; it considers both per-hop service delay and link quality at mesh nodes. In addition, the Load-Aware AODV (LA-AODV) protocol using the proposed metric is presented. The performance evaluation is performed by simulation using the OPNET simulator. It is demonstrated that the LA-AODV protocol outperforms the existing routing protocols using other existing route metrics in multi-rate WMN environment.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2009

In recent years, the wireless mesh network (WMN) has been an emerging technology to provide Internet access to fixed and mobile wireless devices. The main goal of this paper is the design and simulation of a new MAC protocol based on the multi-path routing information for wireless mesh networks. The information about multiple paths discovered in the network layer is exploited by the MAC layer in order to forward a frame over the best hop out of multiple hop choices. The performance of our approach is compared with conventional 802.11 MAC through the simulation. The results show that our scheme exhibits a significantly better performance rather than conventional 802.11 MAC protocol in terms of packet overhead, end-to-end throughput and delay.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2009

이 논문에서는 이기종 무선 메쉬 네트워크망에서 상호 연동성 및 메쉬 노드의 효율적인 IP 이동성을 제공하기 위한 다중홉 ARP 기법을 제안한다. 이기종 무선 메쉬 네트워크는 무선 메쉬 네트워크를 기본으로 하는 백본 무선 메쉬 네트워크와 non-무선 메쉬 네트워크 구조를 기반으로 하는 클라이언트 무선 메쉬 네트워크. 이 두 개의 네트워크가 이동성을 가지고 결합된 하이브리드 무선 메쉬 네트워크로 구분된다. 하이브리드 무선 메쉬 네트워크에서 두 네트워크 연결 시 서로 다른 라우팅 프로토콜을 사용할 경우 두 프로토콜의 접점인 게이트웨이에서 프로토콜 변환처리를 병행해야 하는 과부하 문제가 심각하게 발생한다. 이 논문에서는 서로 다른 라우팅 프로토콜을 병행하여 사용할 경우 발생하는 과부하 문제를 해결하기 위해서 다중홉 ARP 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 효율적인 연동을 위해 L3 라우팅 프로토콜로 다중홉 ARP 기법을 설계 구축하여 실험을 통해 이동 메쉬 노드의 수가 증가하는 경우와 홉수가 증가 시 패킷전달 비율을 통해 노드의 신뢰성과 안정성을 보장하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.651-669
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• 2013

In this paper, we study a novel routing algorithm based on load balancing for multi-channel wireless mesh networks. In order to increase the network capacity and reduce the interference of transmission streams and the communication delay, on the basis of weighted cumulative expected transmission time (WCETT) routing metric this paper proposes an improved routing metric based on load balancing and channel interference (LBI_WCETT), which considers the channel interference, channel diversity, link load and the latency brought by channel switching. Meanwhile, in order to utilize the multi-channel strategy efficiently in wireless mesh networks, a new channel allocation algorithm is proposed. This channel allocation algorithm utilizes the conflict graph model and considers the initial link load estimation and the potential interference of the link to assign a channel for each link in the wireless mesh network. It also utilizes the channel utilization percentage of the virtual link in its interference range as the channel selection standard. Simulation results show that the LBI_WCETT routing metric can help increase the network capacity effectively, reduce the average end to end delay, and improve the network performance.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권12A호
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• pp.1226-1237
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• 2007

이 논문은 IEEE 802.16 기반의 무선 메쉬 네트워크를 위한 QoS 메쉬 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 QoS 메쉬 라우팅 프로토콜은 테이블 관리 (Table-driven or Proactive) 방식의 홉 간 (Hop-by-Hop) QoS 라우팅 프로토콜이다. 제안하는 라우팅 프로토콜의 목표는 송신 노드에서 목적지 노드까지 경로를 찾는 것 뿐만 아니라, 대역폭과 지연의 관점에서, QoS 요구사항을 만족시키는 최적 경로를 찾는 것이다. 이 논문에서, 우리는 먼저 이동 Ad Hoc 라우팅 프로토콜과 관련된 연구를 바탕으로, 라우팅 프로토콜의 유형을 분석하고, 테이블관리 방식의 홉 간 라우팅 프로토콜이 무선 메쉬 네트워크에 가장 적합함을 보인다. 그리고 나서, 본 논문에서 주목하는 IEEE 802.16 기반의 무선 메쉬 네트워크의 네트워크 모델을 소개하고, 테이블 관리 방식의 홉 간 라우팅 프로토콜을 기반으로 하는 QoS 메쉬 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해서, 제안하는 라우팅 프로토콜이 QOLSR 프로토콜에 비하여 단대단 지연 (End-to-End Delay)이 낮고, 패킷 전달률 (Packet Delivery Ratio)이 높으며, 라우팅 오버헤드 패킷 량이 적음을 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.3470-3493
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• 2019

IEEE 802.11s-based infrastructure Wireless Mesh Networks (iWMNs) are envisaged as a promising solution to provide ubiquitous wireless Internet access. The limited network capacity is a problem mainly caused by the medium contention between mesh users and the mesh access points (MAPs), which gets worst when the mesh clients employ the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). To mitigate this problem, we use wireless network coding (WNC) in the MAPs. The aim of this proposal is to take advantage of the network topology around the MAPs, to alleviate the contention and maximize the use of the network capacity. We evaluate WNC when is used in MAPs. We model the formation of coding opportunities and, using computer simulations, we evaluate the formation of such coding opportunities. The results show that as the users density grows, the coding opportunities increase up to 70%; however, at the same time, the coding delay increments significantly. In order to reduce such delay, we propose to adaptively adjust the time that a packet can wait to catch a coding opportunity in an MAP. We assess the performance of moving-average estimation methods to forecast this adaptive sojourn time. We show that using moving-average estimation methods can significantly decrease the coding delay since they consider the traffic density conditions.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.325-335
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• 2017

Hybrid radio frequency/free space optical (RF/FSO) wireless mesh networks have attracted increasing attention for they can overcome the limitations of RF and FSO communications and significantly increase the throughput of wireless mesh networks (WMNs). In this article, a resource assignment optimization scheme is proposed for hybrid RF/FSO wireless mesh networks. The optimization framework is proposed for the objective of maximizing throughput of overall hybrid networks through joint transmission slot assignment, FSO links allocation and power control with the consideration of the fading nature of RF and FSO links. The scheme is formulated as an instance of mixed integer linear program (MILP) and the optimal solutions are provided using CPLEX and Gurobi optimizers. How to choose the appropriate optimizer is discussed by comparing their performance. Numerous simulations are done to demonstrate that the performance of our optimization scheme is much better than the current case of having the same topology.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.683-687
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• 2010

본 논문은 광역 무선 메쉬 네트워크에서 1홉 이웃 노드들의 정보만을 이용하는 애니캐스트 라우팅 기법을 제안한다. 제안 프로토콜은 물리계 장 이론에 기반하여 설계되었으며 일정량의 제어 패킷만으로 메쉬 게이트웨이의 부하를 분산한다. 분산 알고리즘 구현을 위하여 유한 차분법을 응용한다. 그리고 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안 프로토콜의 특성을 검증한다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.639-654
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a channel access mechanism, referred to as the enhanced mesh coordinated channel access (eMCCA) mechanism, for IEEE 802.11s-based wireless mesh networks. The current draft of IEEE 802.11s includes an optional medium access control (MAC), denoted as MCCA, which is designed to provide collision-free and guaranteed channel access during reserved periods. However, the MCCA mechanism fails to achieve the desired goal in the presence of contending non-MCCA nodes; this is because non-MCCA nodes are not aware of MCCA reservations and have equal access opportunities during reserved periods. We first present a probabilistic analysis that reveals the extent to which the performance of MCCA may be affected by contending non-MCCA nodes. We then propose eMCCA, which allows MCCA-enabled nodes to enjoy collision-free and guaranteed channel access during reserved periods by means of prioritized and preemptive access mechanisms. Finally, we evaluate the performance of eMCCA through extensive simulations under different network scenarios. The simulation results indicate that eMCCA outperforms other mechanisms in terms of success rate, network throughput, end-to-end delay, packet-loss rate, and mesh coordinated channel access opportunity-utilization.