Talk:Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless Mesh Networks
This book is an advanced topic book that follows after the basic Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi security books. I am willing to contribute if there is interest in this book since I have experience in this area.  kgrr talk05:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I am very interested in learning about the topic. I have seen other people decide not to contribute because "there is not interest". I guarantee that somewhere someone appreciates very much that you are willing to share your knowledge. It may go unsaid, but I think it is important to for contributors to remember that their content will be available for a long time (assuming Wikimedia foundation stays around) and with probably .5-3 billion people with potential access to the internet. This knowledge will be used and appreciate by at least a small percentage of those people. If you have the motivation, energy, and you think you can get something out of it for yourself, I would encourage you to contribute. --Remi 05:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Topics
* Mesh network basics - definitions - point to multi-point vs. meshes * History Highlights - Philadelphia - Tempe/Chandler/Mesa - Rio Rancho * Motivation - needs not met - service provider (for profit) - digital divide - public service (police and fire departments) - hobbyist - inside of facility * Economics - supply, demand - competition (cable, DSL, WIMAX, others...) - business case (revenue and expenses) - free or fee? (per use, subscription) * Politics - zoning - architectural review * Social Impact - digital divide - community building * Regulatory - licensed / unlicensed * Taxonomy of Mesh Types - WAN, LAN or PAN? - Indoor or Outdoor - Coverage (to the porch or inside) - Hierarchical or Distributive - Low Cost - Real-time Multimedia Capable * Design Parameters - Latency - Jitter - Throughput - Capacity - Handover Speed * How many radios? - One - Two - Three or More * Transport - 802.11a Wi-Fi - 802.11b/g Wi-Fi - 802.16 WIMAX - Others * Access - 802.11b/g Wi-Fi - 802.11a Wi-Fi - 802.16 WIMAX - Others? * RF concerns - Channel Reuse, C/I - Frequencies - Licensed / Unlicensed - Transmitter Mask, Adjacent Channel Interference - Link Budget - Transmit Power - Receive Sensitivity * What layers does it operate on? - Layer 2 (switched mesh) - Layer 3 (routed mesh) - Both Layer 2/3 * Topology Control - Loop Prevention Spanning Tree Routing Protocols - Load Sharing * Mobility / Handoffs - Layer 2 802.11 "roaming" 802.11r enhancements - Layer 3 Mobile IP     Proxy Mobile IP  * Applications - Web Surfing - E-mail - Police/Fire - Gaming - Voice over IP   - Telephone Replacement * Content - Internet - Local * Mesh network vendors (I have a list of 17 of them) - BelAir - Cisco - Nortel - Proxim - RoamAD - Sky Pilot - Strix - Tropos * Power to the Node - Light Pole - Mains - Solar * Survey Tools - Ekahau - Cognio - NetStumbler * Planning Tools - Motorola Mesh Planner - * Mounting Options - Light Pole - Communications Tower - Rooftop * Testing Tools - iPerf - Ekahau - Cognio * Meshes you can build - CUWiN * Appendix A - Applicable Standards - 802.11k - 802.11r - 802.11s - 802.11v - WIMAX * Appendix B - Known Deployments - Philadelphia, PA   - Mesa, AZ    - Chandler, AZ    - ... * Appendix C - Mesh Timeline - 1999   - 2000    - 2001 etc.

I updated this list, am I still missing topics here? Feel free to edit the list.

 kgrr talk15:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thesis Statement
What is the point of this book? Is it a survey of all the mesh types? Is this a design book? I think it should teach mesh technology to someone that already knows Networking and Wi-Fi as a pre-requisite. It should give someone the basic understanding of the issues to buy, design and deploy mesh networks. Can we discuss this?

 kgrr talk06:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Type of Book
What type of book will it be? Reference, textbook, self-study course, (application) note collection, tutorial, experimentation instructions, travel report, etc.

I think it should be a textbook.  kgrr talk15:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Target Audience
Who are the target audience? How old are they, how advanced are their reading skills and background be? Are they children or adults; students, hobbyists, or professionals; researchers or scientists? (an advanced level for a hobbyist is something completely different than one for a researcher).

The target should be adults; students, serious hobbyists, researchers; professionals = engineers, economists, and marketers, and the like.  kgrr talk15:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Scope
What is the scope of the book? A second year IT book and a junior or senior level BS Engineering Book suitable for teaching a semester course with the intent of being able to skip over a few chapters. Knowledge of Networking (CCNA) and Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) are a pre-requisite.  kgrr talk15:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Outline
Once we have the list of topics and the thesis, let's work on the outline. Perhaps someone can organize these into chapters. Can we discuss a strategy?

 kgrr talk06:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Merge?
I would prefer that the Wireless Mesh Sensors and the Wireless Mesh Networks books be kept separate because they are really very different technologies although they share the mesh element.Kgrr (talk) 20:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you still defending that position? I was going to merge the two but saw your opposition. Wireless Mesh sensors Wikibook is an empty stub (about the quality and quantity), the subject aren't that dissimilar you can only get wireless mesh sensors inside a wireless mesh network, and most of the content would have to be duplicated in both books so they cover individually similar subjects, merging does make a lot of sense and in this case will not create any structural damage...
 * If no opposition is stated, in 7 days, I will proceed with the merge. I will try to contact you by email if available and make a note on your talk. --Panic (talk) 20:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)