Book Description

Mesh networking is a type of networking where each node must not only capture and disseminate its own data, but also serve as a relay for other sensor nodes, that is, it must collaborate to propagate the data in the network. A mesh network can be designed using a flooding technique or a routing technique. When using a routing technique, the message propagates along a path, by hopping from node to node until the destination is reached. To ensure all its paths' availability, a routing network must allow for continuous connections and reconfiguration around broken or blocked paths, using self-healing algorithms. A mesh network whose nodes are all connected to each other is a fully connected network. Mesh networks can be seen as one type of ad hoc network. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) and mesh networks are therefore closely related, but MANET also have to deal with the problems introduced by the mobility of the nodes. The self-healing capability enables a routing based network to operate when one node breaks down or a connection goes bad. As a result, the network is typically quite reliable, as there is often more than one path between a source and a destination in the network. Although mostly used in wireless scenarios, this concept is also applicable to wired networks and software interaction. This book is your ultimate resource for Mesh Networking. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Mesh Networking right away, covering: Mesh networking, Optimized Link State Routing Protocol, B.A.T.M.A.N., Open Shortest Path First, Opportunity Driven Multiple Access, Peer-to-peer, Game Theory in Communication Networks, ZigBee, Optical mesh network, Netsukuku, Wireless mesh network, History of wireless mesh networking, BioWeb, Wireless ad hoc network, Wireless community network, Mobile ad hoc network, Vehicular ad-hoc network, Intelligent Vehicular ad-hoc Network, MeshBox, Meraki, Wizzy Digital Courier, Delay-tolerant networking, Network topology, Arbitrated loop, Broadcast radiation, Cambridge Ring, Channel capture effect, Connection-oriented Ethernet, Cube-connected cycles, Distributed Multi-Link Trunking, Distributed Split Multi-Link Trunking, Ethernet Exchange, Fat tree, Fibonacci cube, Fibre Channel point-to-point, Grid network, Hyperconnectivity, Hypertree network, Internet topology, InterSwitch Trunk, Linear topology, Logical topology, Mesh node, Metro Ethernet, Multi-link trunking, P2PRIV, Point-to-point (telecommunications), Public safety network, R-SMLT, Redundant topologies, Ring network, Ring Protection, Shared mesh, Spanning Tree Protocol, Split multi-link trunking, Star network, Switched fabric, Switched mesh, Switching loop, Szymanski's conjecture, Topology table, Token ring, Topology control, Tree and hypertree networks, Tree network, Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS), Virtual Link Aggregation Control Protocol This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Mesh Networking. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Mesh Networking with the objectivity of experienced professionals.