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Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) can provide seamless broadband connectivity to network users with low setup and maintenance costs. To support next-generation applications with real-time requirements, however, these networks must provide improved quality of service guarantees. Current mesh protocols use techniques that fail to accurately predict the performance of end-to-end paths, and do not optimize performance based on knowledge of mesh network structures. In this paper, we propose QUORUM, a routing protocol optimized for WMNs that provides accurate QoS properties by correctly predicting delay and loss characteristics of data traffic. QUORUM integrates a novel end-to-end packet delay estimation mechanism with stability-aware routing policies, allowing it to more accurately follow QoS requirements while minimizing misbehavior of selfish nodes.
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We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments, and Prof. Elizabeth Belding for her feedback on earlier versions of this work. This work is supported in part by NSF under CAREER Award #CNS-0546216 and DARPA under the Control Plane project (BAA 04-11).
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Kone, V., Das, S., Zhao, B.Y. et al. QUORUM—Quality of Service in Wireless Mesh Networks. Mobile Netw Appl 12, 358–369 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0050-8
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