Proposed routing for IEEE 802.11s WLAN mesh networks
Michael Bahr · 2006
This paper describes the proposed routing for IEEE 802.11s WLAN mesh networks based on the current draft standard D0.01 from March 2006. IEEE 802.11s defines a new mesh data frame format and an extensibility framework for routing. The default routing protocol HWMP is described. HWMP is based on AODV and has a configurable extension for proactive routing towards so-called mesh portals. It uses MAC addresses (layer 2 routing) and uses a radio-aware routing metric for the calculation of paths. Furthermore, the optional routing protocol RA-OLSR is described.