Wireless Mesh Networks

Abstract

A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a wireless network with a large number of stationary wireless mesh routers that are connected using wireless communication techniques to form a mesh structure. Some of these routers act as a client wireless access point (such as laptops, PCs, and smart devices) with wireless connection where these routers attach themselves to the mesh network in order to transmit and receive data via the backbone mesh network. One or more routers are connected to the Internet and serve as gateways. Wireless mesh networks is a rapidly growing topic, but it is still largely new. After being used in military applications at the beginning, WMN moved to civil use and is now being used worldwide as both local area networks (LANs) and metropolitan area networks (MANs). Nevertheless, these arrangements are still cutting edge’ and it is not yet clear what the most permanent applications of mesh will be – particularly as the application moves from early adopters towards wide spread uptake.