ABSTRACT
More than 2000 years before Eckert and Mauchly conceived of the logic and electronics that would become ENIAC, Plato penned the words, Necessity is the mother of invention. Ÿis adage has particular relevance in the rapid growth of wireless mesh networks, where commercial, industrial, and military applications have spurred innovation and fostered technological advances. A broadening array of practical solutions to industry challenges now rely on distributed sensors linked wirelessly with networks based on mesh topologies.
