在面向Internet接入无线Mesh网络(WMN)中,数据流在Mesh一侧的传输具有汇聚特性,终点大都为网关,因此最后一跳无线链路成为了WMN的瓶颈;同时不平衡的数据转发导致局部性能过低,也加剧了网络容量的低效问题.提出基于层次模型的路由转发策略,该路由策略通过平衡因子控制上层节点负载的均衡,从而提高WMN整体网络容量.仿真结果表明,采用层次化路由策略使得整体网络容量比HWMP提高了近20%,管理帧开销降至HWMP的40%.
Mesh Gateways are destinations of data flows in Internet-accessing oriented WMN. The last-hop wireless links become bottleneck of WMN. Un-balanced data forwarding leads to lower capacity of the whole network, because it makes lower performance for some local areas. A new routing forwarding based on layer model is proposed in this paper. This strategy insures balance for upper-layer nodes using a balance factor. Capacity of whole WMN enhances accordingly. Simulation results indicate that compared with HWMP the layer routing can enhance the network capacity above 20% and management frame overhead is down to 40%.