2nd International Workshop on Multimode Wireless Access Networks

Research Article

Multipath Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_21,
        author={Velmurugan Ayyadurai and Klaus Moessner and Rahim Tafazolli},
        title={Multipath Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks},
        proceedings={2nd International Workshop on Multimode Wireless Access Networks},
        proceedings_a={MOWAN},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={mesh networks multipath multihop network coding},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_21}
    }
    
  • Velmurugan Ayyadurai
    Klaus Moessner
    Rahim Tafazolli
    Year: 2012
    Multipath Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks
    MOWAN
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_21
Velmurugan Ayyadurai1,*, Klaus Moessner1,*, Rahim Tafazolli1,*
  • 1: University of Surrey
*Contact email: v.ayyadurai@surrey.ac.uk, k.moessner@surrey.ac.uk, r.tafazolli@surrey.ac.uk

Abstract

A practical wireless network solution for providing community broadband Internet access services are considered to be wireless mesh networks with delay-throughput tradeoff. This important aspect of network design lies in the capability to simultaneously support multiple independent mesh connections at the intermediate mobile stations. The intermediate mobile stations act as routers by combining network packets with forwarding, a scenario usually known as multiple coding unicasts. The problem of efficient network design for such applications based on multipath network coding with delay control on packet servicing is considered. The simulated solution involves a joint consideration of wireless media access control (MAC) and network-layer multipath selection. Rather than considering general wireless mesh networks, here the focus is on a relatively small-scale mesh network with multiple sources and multiple sinks suitable for multihop wireless backhaul applications within WiMAX standard.