Intel hangs mesh hopes on 802.11s
News Intel has unveiled its first proposals for 802.11s, a new mesh wireless networking standard. Mesh networks are self-configuring systems where each node can relay messages on behalf of others, thus increasing the range and available bandwidth.
[March 3, 2005, 15:25]
Intel hangs mesh hopes on 802.11s
Talkback Mesh networks are deployed across the planet already. In fact, last week at the UK DTI ABC Summit http://www.abcampaign.org.uk, we heard Richard Lander of LocustWorld report that there are over 11,000 MeshBoxes deployed world wide.
[March 10, 2005, 2:55]
Intel hangs mesh hopes on 802.11s
Talkback I wish you would have spelled my son-in-law's name correctly, throughout the entire article. It's W. Steven Conner. Thank you, David R. Comfort PhD
[March 4, 2005, 1:30]
Mesh Topology Construction for Interconnected Wireless LANs
White Papers The 802.11s working group has been formed recently to recommend an Extended Service Set (ESS) that enables wider area communications among distributed clients, each of which has access to an IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN).
[September 22, 2006, 2:28]
An Efficient Multi-Hop ARP Scheme for Wireless LAN Based Mesh Networks
White Papers One of the important functions of wireless mesh networks is a multi-hop packet forwarding among fixed wireless routers. The current proposal for the IEEE 802.11s specification (i.e.the standardization effort for WLAN-based mesh networks) focuses on...
[December 6, 2007, 0:01]
On the Scalability of Hierarchical Hybrid Wireless Networks
White Papers This paper presents an analysis of the scaling properties of a three-tier hierarchical hybrid wireless network. The network under consideration, which arises in mesh networking scenarios such as 802.11s, aims to achieve better capacity than ad hoc...
[August 23, 2007, 1:00]
A "Smart" MAC-Routing Protocol for WLAN Mesh Networks
White Papers A WLAN mesh network is a IEEE 802.11 WLAN infrastructured network in which the communication within the Access Points in the same Extended Service Set (ESS) is hop-by-hop in a router-like fashion. The IEEE 802.11s working group has centered the...
[February 17, 2006, 0:01]
QoS in Wireless Mesh Networks: Challenges, Pitfalls, and Roadmap to Its Realization
White Papers Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have the potential to lead to a disruptive change in the landscape of wireless communications. The vision to support self-engineered wireless network infrastructures that allow for an organic growth of the network is...
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
New Linux kernel expands virtualisation support
News Open-source developers on Sunday released the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.26, adding improvements for wireless, virtualisation, multimedia and other features. New kernel editions are normally adopted as rapidly as...
[July 15, 2008, 15:59]
OLPC XO review
Reviews The OLPC XO looks unlike any other notebook externally; inside, it's a low-spec unit based around AMD's 433MHz Geode LX700, designed for extremely low power consumption. For more hardware images, see our comparative photo gallery.
[March 11, 2008, 15:50]
Photos: OLPC, Classmate and Eee review
Reviews Small and inexpensive notebooks designed primarily for schoolchildren — particularly in developing countries — have been a hot topic ever since Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project began in 2005.
[March 3, 2008, 14:03]
