1. 21-08-0266-00-00001 IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-08-0315-00-0000 Title: Media Independent Mesh Networks Date Submitted: November, 2008 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #29 in Dallas Authors or Source(s): Burak Simsek (Fraunhofer Institute) Albert Vidal (U2CAT) Albert Banchs(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Antonio de la Oliva (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Frank Zdarsky (NEC) Abstract: A summary of the idea for media independent mesh networks with 802.21 as an abstract interface

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3. Heterogeneous Wireless Mesh Networks Features Fast Deployment Low Cost Self-Configuration Robustness Scenarios Emergency situations Short duration, high needs events Peace missions, campaign hospitals, … Possible evolution to stable infrastructure Some of these scenarios are being studied on the EU CARMEN Project (BT,DT,NEC,ALUD,FHG,UCD,AGH,UC3M) Multiple technologies Flexibility

4. Approach: architecture

5. Media Independent Interface Use of heterogeneous technologies to form the mesh Need for a media independent interface to handle the heterogeneity Extension of IEEE 802.21 for the media independent interface Current solutions (e.g. 11s) do not account for multiple technologies Need for mesh specific extensions to 802.21

6. Media Independent Interface Related Contributions:  IS multi-hop operation (J.Guo, Y. Peng)‏ http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/21-07-0104-00- 0000-IS%20multi-hop%20operation.ppthttp://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/21-07-0104-00- 0000-IS%20multi-hop%20operation.ppt  Multi-Hop Issues (Y. Ohba)‏ http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/AdHoc_Feb07/21- 07-0059-00-0000-Multi-Hop-Issues.ppthttp://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/AdHoc_Feb07/21- 07-0059-00-0000-Multi-Hop-Issues.ppt  Multitechnology mesh scenario (A. Vidal, T. Melia, A. de la Oliva, A. Banchs)‏ http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/AdHoc_Feb07/21- 07-0065-00-0000-Multitechnology_mesh_scenario.dochttp://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/AdHoc_Feb07/21- 07-0065-00-0000-Multitechnology_mesh_scenario.doc  Ambient Networks (E. Hepworth, R. Giaffreda, R. Hancock)‏ http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2006_Meeting_Docs/2006-09_meeting_docs/21-06- 0762-00-0000-Ambient-Networks.ppthttp://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2006_Meeting_Docs/2006-09_meeting_docs/21-06- 0762-00-0000-Ambient-Networks.ppt

7. Media Independent Interface

8. Media Independent Interface functions Media Independent resource management and QoS Functions for self-configuration Management and event notification Supporting functions for routing Etc.

9. Media Independent Interface functions

10. Functionality

11. QoS & Routing