Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

11-2009

Abstract

We address the problem of minimizing the worst-case broadcast delay in multi-radio multi-channel multi-rate (MR2-MC) wireless mesh networks (WMN). The problem of 'efficient' broadcast in such networks is especially challenging due to the numerous interrelated decisions that have to be made. The multi-rate transmission capability of WMN nodes, interference between wireless transmissions, and the hardness of optimal channel assignment adds complexity to our considered problem. We present four heuristic algorithms to solve the minimum latency broadcast problem for such settings and show that the 'best' performing algorithms usually adapt themselves to the available radio interfaces and channels. We also study the effect of channel assignment on broadcast performance and show that channel assignment can affect the broadcast performance substantially. More importantly, we show that a channel assignment that performs well for unicast does not necessarily perform well for broadcast/multicast. To the best of our knowledge, this work constitutes the first contribution in the area of broadcast routing for MR2-MC WMN.

Keywords

Broadcasting, Multiradio multichannel, Multirate, Routing, Wireless mesh networks

Discipline

Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volume

8

Issue

11

First Page

1510

Last Page

1523

ISSN

1536-1233

Identifier

10.1109/SAHCN.2006.288412

Publisher

IEEE

Additional URL

http://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2011.113

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