Evaluation of wireless mesh network implementation for backup network access, 2018

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Als

Identifier: b7876833

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Computer Science program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 2018

Creator

AlShehri, Yousef M.S (1990- ) (Author, Person)
Chung, Joseph (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

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Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

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Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 78 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) could feasibly be used as an organization's secondary backup network due to the properties of WMNs, such as dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing, decentralized management, and inexpensive implementation. This backup network could be helpful in allowing an organization's business to continue in case of an extended main network outage.

This thesis research involved the study and implementation of WMNs to evaluate the feasibility of a WMN as a backup network. A variety of devices were used in this research including Raspberry Pi 3 devices, network switches and Wi-Fi adapters. The key devices were the Raspberry Pis which were used as mesh routers (MRs). Three Local Area Network (LAN) topographies were provided via the MRs using external Wi-Fi adapters. We tested the three topologies using the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol Daemon (OLSRD), an implementation and extension of the OLSR routing protocol.

We measured three network performance parameters from the MRs and LAN clients to Mesh Router 3 (MR3), a gateway node. The measured parameters were throughput, delay/jitter, and lost datagrams out of the total datagrams sent. The parameter results were analyzed to evaluate the performance of the mesh networks. Several factors that may affect the measured parameters are discussed such as physical obstacles, wireless interference, inter-node distance and multiple hops.

Partial Contents

List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Related work -- 4. System components and implementation -- 5. Testing and results analysis -- Future work -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.