JOINT ASSOCIATION, ROUTING AND RATE ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS MULTI-HOP MESH NETWORKS

摘要

A method and apparatus are described including collecting network information, determining an association, bandwidth allocation and routing scheme based on the collected network information, notifying a mesh access point of the association, the bandwidth allocation and the routing scheme and notifying a client node of its association information. Also described are a method and apparatus including measuring link quality and channel conditions, reporting results of the measuring act to a controller, receiving a routing decision and data forwarding instructions from the controller and forwarding the routing decision and the data forwarding instructions to a client node. Further described are a method and apparatus including measuring link quality and channel conditions, reporting results of the measuring act to a controller, receiving association instructions from the centralized controller and updating previously stored association instructions with the received association instructions.

主权项

1. A method, said method comprising:
measuring link quality and channel conditions; transmitting results of said measuring act to a controller; receiving association instructions from said controller; and updating previously stored association instructions based on said received association instructions, wherein association instructions permit an association to be made between a client node and a mesh access point.