Abstract:Wireless Mesh Backbones (WMBs) provide promising solutions for future networking strategies. Due to the mesh nature and thus the resource restrictions of such backbones the integration of mobility aware preloading mechanisms is essential for QoS provisioning, especially in environments with high mobility clients. This paper presents a novel concept, called Mobility-aware Forwarding in Advance (MAFIA), to enhance the QoS provided by WMBs. Accordingly, two mechanisms are developed: best effort and QoS-oriented M… Show more
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