The coverage area of all radio nodes working as a single network is sometimes called a mesh cloud. Mesh routers forward traffic to and from the gateways, which may or may not be connected to the Internet. Mesh clients are often laptops, cell phones, and other wireless devices. Also, because it sometimes relies on static nodes to act as gateways, it is not a truly all-wireless ad hoc network. Hence, this is a low-mobility centralized form of wireless ad hoc network. In a wireless mesh network, topology tends to be more static, so that routesĬomputation can converge and delivery of data to their destinations can occur. If nodes constantly or frequently move, the mesh spends more time updating routes than delivering data. Wireless mesh networks often consist of mesh clients, mesh routers and gateways. Ī mesh refers to rich interconnection among devices or nodes. It can also be a form of wireless ad hoc network.
Radio nodes organized in a mesh topology Diagram showing a possible configuration for a wired-wireless mesh network, connected upstream via a VSAT link (click to enlarge)Ī wireless mesh network ( WMN) is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology.
