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Mesh
networks: Gateways/APs are performance
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bottlenecks
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MANET
routing protocols, routing to closest AP, tend to
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overload some APs
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TB
can improve network performance by distributing
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traffic
more equally to all APs
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Future
Work:
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Location
of APs has major impact on performance
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IEEE
802.11 is poor protocol for APs, as they need to access
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media
more frequently than nodes
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MESH
are more static, should we re-issue route discovery
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periodically?
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Explore
TB in our wireless mesh testbed, based on IEEE 802.11
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a/g
radios and Intel IXP 425-based wireless routers
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