DYNAMIC MODIFICATION OF CONTENTION-BASED TRANSMISSION CONTROL PARAMETERS ACHIEVING LOAD BALANCING SCHEME IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS

摘要

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to facilitating load balancing and bandwidth allocation in wireless mesh networks. Generally, according to one implementation of the present invention, routing nodes implement a contention-based media access mechanism and self-allocate bandwidth within a wireless mesh network by dynamically modifying one or more contention-based transmission control parameters. The routing nodes determine a hop count and adjust one or more contention parameters based at least in part on the hop count.