Training Course Outline
Course Duration:
3 days
Training Course Description:
This course is intended for engineers, support staff and network
managers requiring a good understanding of the technologies and
procedures required to deploy wireless mesh networks for both
Wireless LAN 802.11 and WiMAX 802.16.
The course examines MESH networking in three core areas:
- Part 1 Architectures
- Part 2 Protocols
- Part 3 Standardisation and Enabling Technologies.
Prerequisites:
An understanding of wireless technologies and IP networks would be an
advantage.
Prerequisite courses:
Hands On TCP/IP and Internet Protocols
Understanding Wireless LANs
WiMAX, WiFi & Wireless Broadband Planning,
Troubleshooting & Operations includes the following modules:
Wireless Mesh Networks:
Issues and solutions
- Introduction
- Comparison between wireless ad
hoc and mesh networks
- Challenges in wireless mesh
networks
- Design issues in wireless mesh
networks
- Design issues in multiradio
wireless mesh networks
- Link layer solutions for
multiradio mesh networks
- Medium access control protocols
for multiradio wireless mesh networks
- Routing protocols for multiradio
wireless mesh networks
- Topology control schemes for
multiradio wireless mesh networks
Multiradio Multichannel
Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Radio usage policies
- Channel assignment and routing
IEEE 802.11-based Wireless
Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Performance issues and their
causes
- High-performance routing
- Multichannel wireless mesh
networks
- flow fairness
- Other issues
Protocols
- Routing in Wireless Mesh
Networks
- Routing protocols
- Introduction
- Special properties of wireless
mesh networks
- General concepts of routing
protocols
- Routing metrics
- Proposed routing for IEEE
802.11s WLAN mesh networks
- Joint routing and channel
assignment
Medium Access Control in
Wireless Mesh Networks
- Design objective and
challenges
- Conventional wireless MAC
protocols
- Advanced MAC protocols for
WMNs
- Advanced MAC features proposed
by the 802.11 TGs group
- Trade-offs and constraints
Security in Wireless Mesh
Networks
- Security topology overview
- Mesh usage scenarios
- Mesh security issues
- Concrete proposals
Scalability in Wireless
Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Related work
- Scalable wireless mesh network
for dense urban coverage
- Scalable ring-based WMN for
wide-area coverage
- Cross-layer throughput
analysis
- Optimal coverage and capacity
of ring-based mesh cell
Load Balancing in Wireless
Mesh Networks
- Gateway load balancing in
wireless mesh networks
- Centre loading in wireless
mesh networks
- Other load balancing solutions
Cross-layer Optimisation
for Scheduling in Wireless Mesh Networks
- Architectural considerations –
all IP wireless networks
- Cross-layer information plane
- Optimisation algorithms for link
scheduling
- Joint power control and multirate
allocation
- LP-relaxation with rounding
- Analysis of randomised rounding
- Boosting performance by
nonindependent randomised rounding
- Using continuous optimisation for
the integer timeslot allocation problem
- Numerical investigations
Multimedia Communications
over Wireless Mesh Networks
- Multimedia characteristics and
QoS
- Protocols and open issues
- Innovative multimedia
applications
Multiple Antenna Techniques
for Wireless Mesh Networks
- Survey of multiple antenna
techniques
- Overview of wireless mesh
networks
- Multiple antenna techniques
for wireless mesh networks
Standardisation of Wireless
LAN Mesh Networks in IEEE 802.11s
- WLAN mesh primer
- WLAN mesh basic services
- WLAN mesh medium access
control
- Power saving in mesh
- Network discovery in mesh
- Mesh routing and forwarding
- Interworking in WLAN mesh
- WLAN mesh security
- Quality of service in WLAN
mesh
- Management and configuration
- IEREE 802.11s and practical
mesh networks
IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Mesh
Networking
- Introduction
- Physical layer and MAC layer
overview
- Point-to-multipoint mode in
IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
- Mesh mode in IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
- QoS scheme for WiMAX mesh mode
- Throughput and delay in WiMAX mesh
networking
Cognitive Radio & Dynamic
Spectrum Management
- Introduction
- Cognitive radio concept
- Opportunistic distributed
spectrum allocation for CRs
- Combination of economical and
technical incentives
Wireless Mesh Networks Case
Study: Fire Emergency Management & Market Analysis
- Introduction
- Overview of the proposed WMN
requirements
- Market analysis
- Platform design and
implementation
- Validation
Wireless Mesh Networks for
Public Safety and Disaster Recovery Applications
- Introduction
- Wireless mesh networks
- Public safety and disaster
recovery communications
- WMNs for PSDR communications
- Key research activities
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