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Routing Metrics for Wireless Mesh Networks

Routing Metrics for Wireless Mesh Networks. CSE 6590 Fall 2009. Wireless Mesh Networks. Mostly static nodes Limited bandwidth Ample energy supply Possibly multi-radio/multi-channel/multi-rate. New Routing Metrics for WMNs. Motivation Limited bandwidth require efficient routing Goals

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Routing Metrics for Wireless Mesh Networks

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  1. Routing Metrics for Wireless Mesh Networks CSE 6590 Fall 2009

  2. Wireless Mesh Networks Mostly static nodes Limited bandwidth Ample energy supply Possibly multi-radio/multi-channel/multi-rate

  3. New Routing Metrics for WMNs Motivation Limited bandwidth require efficient routing Goals High throughput Low end-to-end delay

  4. Intra Flow Interference • Nodes on the path of the same flow compete with each other for channel BW • Causes throughput to decrease sharply • Increases delay at each hop • Increases BW consumption

  5. Inter Flow Interference A node which transmits also contends for BW with the nodes in the neighboring area of its path. Leads to BW starvation Some nodes may never get to transmit

  6. Routing Protocols for Mesh Networks

  7. On Demand Routing Originally designed for ad hoc networks e.g., DSR, AODV Flood-based route discovery when source needs to communicate with destination Good for maintaining network connectivity under frequent changes in topology High overhead is unnecessary in networks with static nodes

  8. Table-Driven (Proactive) Routing Proactively maintain and update routing tables Broadcast route update messages Periodically Topology changes Lower overhead than on-demand routing in static networks Cannot cope with frequent metrics changes Route flapping High message overhead Two approaches: Source routing Hop-by-hop routing

  9. Source Routing Example protocol: LQSR Source nodes put entire path in packet header Large packet headers waste network bandwidth Does not scale

  10. Hop-by Hop Routing Distance-vector routing (slow convergence ) Link-state routing (fast convergence) Packet only carries destination address Small overhead Scalable Preferable, especially link-state routing

  11. Least Cost Path Routing Routing protocols route packets along minimum weight paths Performance of minimum weight paths impact the performance of routing protocols Characteristics of path Path length Link packet loss ratio Link capacity Intra-flow interference Inter-flow interference Capture as many characteristics as possible Note: In multi-channel multi-radio networks, channel assignment and routing must work together for optimal performance.

  12. Routing Metrics for WMNs Hop Count Expected Transmission Count (ETX) Expected Transmission Time (ETT) Weighted Cumulative ETT (WCETT) Metric of Interference and Channel Switching (MIC) The metrics evolved, each incorporating features of the previous ones

  13. ETX • Expected transmission attempts • ETX = 1 / (Pf . Pr) • Pf: loss probability in forward direction • Pr : loss probability in backward direction • To get Pfand Pr : sending one probe packet per second.

  14. ETT • Expected transmission time • ETT = ETX x (S / B) • S: average packet size • B: data rate

  15. WCETT • Weighted cumulative expected transmission time • Addresses the issue of channel reuse along a path

  16. WCETT (2)

  17. Loop Free Routing - Isotonicity Definition The order of the weights of two paths must be preserved when we append or prefix a common third path on the two paths

  18. MIC • Metric of Interface and Channel switching • Improves upon WCETT

  19. MIC (2)

  20. MIC (3) • IRU (Interference-aware Resource Usage) • The aggregated channel time of all the neighbouring nodes (include end points of link l) consumed by the transmission on link l • Captures path length, link capacity, loss ratio and inter-flow interference • CSC (Channel Switching Cost) • Captures intra-flow interference

  21. Routing Metrics for WMNs

  22. Routing Metrics for WMNs

  23. Routing Metrics for WMNs

  24. Routing Metrics for WMNs

  25. Routing Metrics for WMNs

  26. Performance Evaluation Single Channel Compare MIC, ETT and hop count Simulation parameters One radio per node All radios configured to the same channel 1000m x 1000m, 100 nodes, 20 flows

  27. Single Channel ─ Results

  28. Performance EvaluationMultiple Channels Compare MIC, ETT, WCETT and hop count Simulation parameters 2 radios per node Each can be configured to 1 of 3 channels 1000m x 1000m, 100 nodes, 20 flows

  29. Multiple Channels ─ Results

  30. References • “Wireless Mesh Networking” book, chapter 2.

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