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Optimisation of routing protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) to achieve higher quality of service for real time applications

Dravid, R. and Al-Sherbaz, A. (2012) Optimisation of routing protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) to achieve higher quality of service for real time applications. Poster presented to: 3rd Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India (GHCI), Bangalore, India, 2012-12-12.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Abstract: The existing routing protocols for WMNs (Wireless Mesh Networks) are extensions of protocols originally designed for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) and perform sub-optimally for the mesh connectivity of WMNs which degrades their performance in terms of increased latency in packet delivery, packet drops and decreased network throughput. The proposed research, currently at its inception, would investigate into capacity and limitations of current WMN routing protocols with respect to wireless technologies, platforms and relevant standards in context of routing requirements of identified real-time applications, namely, the disaster management and tele-health applications. The research would optimise the existing routing protocols for WMNs for the proposed applications to achieve higher quality of service, reliability and security of data access to meet their specialist requirements. Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are increasingly being incorporated in disaster management solutions for access to information of disaster situation to improve effectiveness of rescue services. Currently, the routing requirements of disaster solution using WMN has been researched in context of active research project, “iSurvival- Mobile Mesh Networks for Disaster Management” , which utilises specialist applications on smart phones of end-users in the disaster area to establish WMNs using available heterogeneous wireless technologies from 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and others. These WMNs provide resilient and reconfigurable digital infrastructures, with users’ smart phones acting as routers in the connected mesh networks to facilitate routing and forwarding of information in the disaster area
Creators: Dravid, Rashmi and Al-Sherbaz, Ali
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Computing
Date: 12 December 2012
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: 3rd Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India (GHCI)
Event Title: 3rd Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India (GHCI)
Event Dates: 2012-12-12
Event Location: Bangalore, India
Event Type: Other
Language: English
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11211

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