- Title
- The capacity of the single source multiple relay single destination mesh network
- Creator
- Ong, Lawrence; Metani, Mohul
- Relation
- IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2006 (ISIT 2006). Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006 (Seattle, WA 9-14 June, 2006) p. 1673-1677
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISIT.2006.261639
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- In this paper, we derive the capacity of a special class of mesh networks. A mesh network is defined as a heterogeneous wireless network in which the transmission among power limited nodes is assisted by powerful relays, which use the same wireless medium. We find the capacity of the mesh network when there is one source, one destination, and multiple relays. We call this channel the single source multiple relay single destination (SSMRSD) mesh network. Our approach is as follows. We first look at an upper bound on the information theoretic capacity of these networks in the Gaussian setting. We then show that the bound is achievable asymptotically using the compress-forward strategy for the multiple relay channel. Theoretically, the results indicate the value of cooperation and the utility of carefully deployed relays in wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks. The capacity characterization quantifies how the relays can be used to either conserve node energy or to increase transmission rate.
- Subject
- Gaussian processes; ad hoc networks; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/921545
- Identifier
- uon:9339
- Identifier
- ISBN:142440505X
- Rights
- Copyright © 2006 IEEE. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of University of Newcastle's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
- Language
- eng
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