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A review of scalability and topological stability issues in IEEE802.11s wireless mesh networks deployments
Ref: CISTER-TR-170106       Publication Date: 2016

A review of scalability and topological stability issues in IEEE802.11s wireless mesh networks deployments

Ref: CISTER-TR-170106       Publication Date: 2016

Abstract:
Scalability and topological stability are two of the most challenging issues in current wireless mesh net-works (WMNs) deployments. In the literature, both the scalability and the topological stability of WMNs aredescribed as likely to suffer from poor performance due to the ad hoc nature of the underlying IEEE 802.11mechanisms. The main contribution of this article is a comprehensive review of the main topological sta-bility and scalability-related issues in IEEE 802.11s-based networks. Moreover, the most relevant proposedsolutions are surveyed, where both the drawbacks and the merits of each proposal are highlighted. At theend of the article, some open research challenges are presented and discussed. It is expected that this workmay serve as motivation for more and deeper research on these issues to allow the design of future morestable and scalable IEEE 802.11s mesh networks deployments.

Authors:
Silvio Sampaio
,
Pedro Souto
,
Francisco Vasques


Published in International Journal Communication Systems (Int.
J.
Commun.
Syst), Wiley, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp 671-693.

DOI:10.1002/dac.2929.
ISSN: 1099-1131.



Record Date: 10, Jan, 2017