Efficient Packet Forwarding in Mesh Network

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel method to optimize packet forwarding in Wireless Mesh Networks by reducing redundant broadcasts, thereby improving network efficiency and throughput.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach for minimizing control packet transmissions and an efficient forwarding procedure in WMNs, addressing redundancy issues.

Findings

Significantly reduces broadcast redundancy in WMNs

Improves network throughput and efficiency

Enhances control packet forwarding effectiveness

Abstract

Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a multi hop low cost, with easy maintenance robust network providing reliable service coverage. WMNs consist of mesh routers and mesh clients. In this architecture, while static mesh routers form the wireless backbone, mesh clients access the network through mesh routers as well as directly meshing with each other. Different from traditional wireless networks, WMN is dynamically self-organized and self-configured. In other words, the nodes in the mesh network automatically establish and maintain network connectivity. Over the years researchers have worked, to reduce the redundancy in broadcasting packet in the mesh network in the wireless domain for providing reliable service coverage, the source node deserves to broadcast or flood the control packets. The redundant control packet consumes the bandwidth of the wireless medium and significantly reduces the average throughput and consequently reduces the overall system performance. In this paper I study the optimization problem in Wireless Mesh Networks. We have proposed a novel approach to reduce the broadcast redundant packet in the wireless mesh network. Also we have shown, a novel procedure to forward the control packet to the destination nodes and efficiently minimize the transmitted control packet in the wireless mesh cloud, that covers the domain.