Implementing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless mesh network testbed for multi-faceted QoS Support

Abstract

Various mobile applications require different QoS requirements, thus there is a need to resolve the application requirement into the underlying mesh network to support them. Existing approach to coordinate the application traffic requirement to underlying network has been applied in wired domains. However, it is complex in the wireless domain due to the mobility and diversity of mobile applications. Much interest is focused on resolving application QoS and match request to mesh network link availability. We propose a testbed architecture which allows dynamic configuration of mesh networks and coordination of each flow to support application-Aware QoS. Our prototype testbed shows adaptive change in mesh network routing configuration depending on application requests.