Flow Monitoring in Wireless MESH Networks

Abstract

Abstract. We present a dynamic and self-organized flow monitoring framework in Wireless Mesh Networks. An algorithmic mechanism that allows for an autonomic organization of the probes plane is investigated, with the goal of monitoring all the flows in the backbone of the mesh network accurately and robustly, while minimizing the overhead introduced by the monitoring architecture. The architecture of the system is presented, the probe organization protocol is explained and the performance of the monitoring framework is evaluated by simulation.

WiMFlow: a distributed, self-adaptive architecture for flow monitoring in Wireless Mesh Networks

“…In [9] we inferred, through simulation, that the optimal sending intervals for the Hello and RC messages were 5 and respectively 10 seconds. An increase of these intervals yielded a weaker monitoring accuracy, while a decrease yielded a higher management overhead.…”

“…In a previous paper [9] we proposed a flow monitoring framework for Wireless Mesh Networks that tries to answer all the challenges stated above. We presented an algorithmic and protocol mechanism that allows for an autonomic organization of the probes plane, that scales well and is robust to node and link failure.…”