Data management techniques, routing and mobility management in wireless mesh networks

无线网状网络（WMNs）是新兴的多跳无线网络，可以为公共和商业应用提供低成本、高速的互联网接入。wmn可以作为最后一英里网络接入部署在许多应用领域，如社区网络、智能交通系统、市政网络、公共安全通信和监控系统。尽管近年来该领域的研究和网络部署取得了进展，但仍存在一些研究挑战。提高网络性能，高效、合理地利用现有资源，需要进一步的理论研究和实验研究。到目前为止，研究工作主要集中在使用严格的分层方法为纯自组织或基于基础设施的wmn设计路由和媒体访问控制协议。跨层设计和优化、数据管理的智能技术、路由和移动管理方案没有受到太多关注。在过去的四年中，我的研究团队一直致力于移动和无线多跳网络的各种主题，重点是数据管理，移动性管理，路由方案和互联网与移动自组织网络集成协议的设计。我们之前的工作为本研究提出的工作奠定了基础。当前研究工作的总体目标是开发和评估基础设施和混合wmn的数据管理技术、路由和移动性管理架构、协议和算法。

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are emerging multi-hop wireless networks that can provide low cost, high speed Internet access for public and commercial applications. WMNs may be deployed as last-mile network access in many application areas such as community networks, intelligent transportation systems, municipality networks, public safety communications and surveillance systems. Despite research advances in the area in last few years and the network deployments, several research challenges still exist. Improving the network performance, efficient and fair use of the available resources requires further theoretical research and experimental studies. So far, research work focused mainly on the design of routing and Media Access Control protocols for pure ad hoc or infrastructure-based WMNs using strict layering approaches. Cross-layer design and optimization, intelligent techniques for data management, routing and mobility management schemes have not received much attention. In the past four years, my research team has been working on various topics in mobile and wireless multi-hop networks with focus on data management, mobility management, routing schemes and design of protocols for the integration of the Internet with mobile ad hoc networks. Our previous work has built a foundation for the work proposed in this research. The general objective of the current research work is to develop and evaluate data management techniques, routing and mobility management architectures, protocols and algorithms for infrastructure and hybrid WMNs.