Interface Mode Assignment Method for Self‐Reconstruction of Wireless Mesh Networks Based on IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure‐Mode

Abstract

The key features of computer networks available for a disaster situation are reliable, fault tolerance, and self-configurable. Therefore, using a wireless mesh network for disaster prevention and recovery system has gained much attention from the research community in the last decades. In addition, from the practical aspects of the network infrastructures of the disaster system, we should assume the core capabilities such as wireless connectivity in a wide range, ease of use, and low cost so on. In this paper, we propose an interface mode assignment method for reconstructing a route from an isolated router to a gateway (GW) router in a wireless mesh network based on IEEE 802.11 infrastructure mode after a disaster occurrence. The proposed method assigns an adequate mode to each interface in an isolated router to recover the network reachability in a distributed manner. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method via two different scenarios.