DYNAMIC TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN SELF-BACKHAULING WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS

摘要

An implementation is developed to dynamically change the topology of a mesh network connectivity comprised of many mesh nodes and route IP packets across the network in a wireless network, wherein an IP tunnel and a control connection are established between a pair of mesh nodes using a mesh application (called, Mesh App). The Mesh App has several key functions such as collecting local wireless user equipment IP addresses from the local Core Network, and remote IP addresses and routing information from its neighbor Mesh Apps, enabling routing of data traffic hop by hop across the network. Furthermore, it changes the UEs in the ‘reject list’ forcing the disconnection of certain UEs and backhaul modems so as to alter the topology or the network, and distributing the topology change information to its neighbors.