Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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Characterizing User Behavior and Network Load on a Large-Scale Wireless Mesh Network

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_21,
        author={Michele Vincenzi and Roberto Tomasi and David Tacconi and Dzmitry Kliazovich and Fabrizio Granelli},
        title={Characterizing User Behavior and Network Load on a Large-Scale Wireless Mesh Network},
        proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={mesh testbed large-scale wireless mesh networks},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_21}
    }
    
  • Michele Vincenzi
    Roberto Tomasi
    David Tacconi
    Dzmitry Kliazovich
    Fabrizio Granelli
    Year: 2012
    Characterizing User Behavior and Network Load on a Large-Scale Wireless Mesh Network
    TRIDENTCOM
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_21
Michele Vincenzi1,*, Roberto Tomasi1,*, David Tacconi1,*, Dzmitry Kliazovich2,*, Fabrizio Granelli2,*
  • 1: Futur3 srl
  • 2: University of Trento
*Contact email: m.vincenzi@futur3.it, r.tomasi@futur3.it, d.tacconi@futur3.it, kliazovich@disi.unitn.it, granelli@disi.unitn.it

Abstract

Wireless mesh networks represent a promising paradigm to provide a scalable infrastructure for Internet access in metropolitan areas. In this paper, a large-scale wireless mesh testbed deployed in three cities in the Trentino region is described and experimentation results obtained from the public use of the testbed are reported and analyzed. The large-scale of the deployment and high number of users ensure to have proper traces which can capture the trends in user traffic based on the applications used and realistic mobility patterns.