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Mesh,
at first sight, as a rather static, albeit multihop
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wireless
network
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Mobility
of hosts/routers => Dynamic Topology
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Dynamic
Topology however does not imply Mobile
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Network:
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Nodes
come and go
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Uncontrolled
Interference
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Testbeds
show that IEEE 802.11 links are highly asymmetric due to
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different
interference environment at receiver and variable over time
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Personal
Opinion: Mesh Community Networks will have
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many
of the same challenges and will benefit from same
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solutions
as MANETs
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Deal
with dynamic topology
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Little
to no configuration/peer-to-peer operation
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