ABSTRACT
Multi-hop wireless networks are in the focus of research since more than two decades. Mobile ad-hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, and wireless mesh networks are among the most prominent ones. The research in this area is done most often based on simulation studies. As these networks are hard to model with all their properties and operating system interdependencies, testbeds are an important alternative that has regained attention in largescale national and international research projects. In this paper we review architectures for next generation wireless networks including the aforementioned ones according to future applications. We introduce the DES-Testbed at the Freie Universität Berlin, which we believe is suitable to study these architectures or network configurations, as we call them. Furthermore, we discuss an approach on how to set up network configurations and perform long-term experiments.
