ABSTRACT
Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are a new trend in wireless communication promising greater flexibility, reliability, and performance over conventional wireless local area networks (WLANs). Wireless mesh network players are growing in number and there are several ‘‘wireless mesh companies’’ that already sell solutions for WMNs. Moreover, there is broad support for mesh networks in standardization groups such as IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15, and IEEE 802.16.
