DCRP: a scalable path selection and forwarding scheme for IEEE 802.11s wireless mesh networks

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Sílvio Sampaio (Author) FEUP; Pedro Souto (Author) FEUP; Francisco Vasques (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Vol. 2015

Final page: 211

ISSN: 1687-1472

Publisher: Springer Publishing C

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 2 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Computer systems ; Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-M39

DOI: 10.1186/s13638-015-0438-7

Abstract (EN): The IEEE 802.11s standard specifies a mesh technology to be supported by IEEE 802.11 devices. Among the limitations caused by this heritage, we focus on the low scalability of the current IEEE 802.11s standard mechanisms. As a main contribution to the related research field, this article presents the DHT-based Cluster Routing Protocol (DCRP). DCRP addresses IEEE 802.11s' scalability issues by exploiting both Distributed Hash Tables and Clustering schemes, which have proved to be effective in scaling wireless (e.g., MANETs) and wired (e.g., P2P) networking systems. DCRP was implemented and compared with the HWMP through simulation for different scalability parameters and performance metrics. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme improves performance in terms of packet delivery ratio, end-to-end delay, throughput, and overhead.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 22