Gateway zone multi-path routing in wireless mesh networks

Eric Hsiao Kuang Wu, Wei Li Chang, Chun Wei Chen, Kevin Chihcheng Hsu

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Abstract

Internet and multimedia services are widely-provided in All-IP based networks. There has been growing demand for mobile users to get those services. The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) extends communication range and provides Internet connectivity to mobile users with low upfront investment. In WMN, the traffic usually passes through the gateway and makes it become the common destination of the traffic. Conventional multipath routing protocols in the ad hoc networks do not allow intermediate nodes to reply the route request messages, so the flooding messages make the area near the gateway become congested and degrade the performance. In this paper, we proposed Gateway Zone Multi-path Routing (GZMR) protocol. GZMR uses node around the gateway to form a Gateway Cooperative Zone and ceases the routing control messages flooding from outside the zone. Border nodes in the zone can help replying gateway information to reduce route discovery delay. Our simulation results show that by lowering routing overheads and utilizing multiple paths from source to gateway, GZMR can shorten average end-to-end delay and improve the packet delivery in WMNs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiquitous Intelligence and Computing - 4th International Conference, UIC 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages350-359
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783540735489
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing: Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces, UIC 2007 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 11 Jul 200713 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4611 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing: Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces, UIC 2007
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period11/07/0713/07/07

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