Balancing Radio Range and Capacity with An Interference Aware Joint Channel Assignment Scheme in Wireless Mesh Networks

Abstract

Wireless mesh networks are being increasingly used in a variety of applications such as surveillance and traffic monitoring, industrial automation, and communication. However, due to the number of devices operating in the same area, interference can be an issue and can reduce network reliability. To address this problem, researchers have proposed an interference aware joint channel assignment scheme for multi-channel, multi-radio wireless mesh networks. It takes into account both radio frequency (RF) characteristics and interference issues when assigning channels. The goal of this scheme is to improve network reliability by minimizing interference between nodes while maintaining sufficient throughput for each node.