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    Wireless mesh networks allow for flexible and redundant network connectivity across large areas. Nodes communicate directly with each other to share internet access throughout the network. The network architecture uses access points, stations, and gateways to enable self-organizing, self-healing connectivity. Implementation of a basic 3-node system uses NodeMCU devices to share temperature sensor data and control heating and cooling devices. Mesh networking could also improve communication for swarm robotics applications by enabling fast transfer of data between nodes over multiple redundant paths.

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    Wireless mesh networks allow for flexible and redundant network connectivity across large areas. Nodes communicate directly with each other to share internet access throughout the network. The network architecture uses access points, stations, and gateways to enable self-organizing, self-healing connectivity. Implementation of a basic 3-node system uses NodeMCU devices to share temperature sensor data and control heating and cooling devices. Mesh networking could also improve communication for swarm robotics applications by enabling fast transfer of data between nodes over multiple redundant paths.

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    Wireless mesh networks allow for flexible and redundant network connectivity across large areas. Nodes communicate directly with each other to share internet access throughout the network. The network architecture uses access points, stations, and gateways to enable self-organizing, self-healing connectivity. Implementation of a basic 3-node system uses NodeMCU devices to share temperature sensor data and control heating and cooling devices. Mesh networking could also improve communication for swarm robotics applications by enabling fast transfer of data between nodes over multiple redundant paths.

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    Wireless Mesh Network 

    Abstract—Wireless mesh networks(WMN) has become a key technology for next


    generation wireless networking. ​Designing efficient WMNs has become a major task for
    networks operators​. The benefits and usage of the 802.11s standard is limitless and ever
    growing by leaps and bounds. Swarm Robotics is an emerging field where effective
    communication can be brought about by exploiting the possibilities of mesh networking.
    This report aims to discuss the wireless mesh networking framework and its
    implementation on a 3-nodes network and a proposal on a swarm robotics model.

    1. INTRODUCTION
    In a wireless mesh network, the network connection is spread out among hundreds of wireless
    mesh nodes that ”talk” to each other to share the network connection across a large area. Only
    a fraction of nodes have direct access to the internet. That wired node shares the internet
    connection wirelessly with the nearest cluster of nodes, which then shares it with the nearest
    cluster of nodes and so on. Apparently all nodes are ​directly, and non-hierarchically connected to
    each other. Mesh networking is the most efficient solution for the problem that only a limited number
    (usually fewer than 32) of nodes can directly connect to the same router. With the official support for
    mesh networking on ESP8266 released recently, the very popular NodeMCU can be used to
    achieve mesh networking.

    2. NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
    802.11s wireless mesh networks consist of access points, stations and gateways. ​Mesh network
    supports auto-networking which means that when the user sets up a mesh network, any node
    can scan this access point and can connect easily. Most local area networks (LANs) today use
    a star topology in which every network node is connected to a switch , but in mesh networks as
    long as a node is connected to at least one other node in a mesh network, it will have full
    connectivity to the entire network because each mesh node forwards packets to other nodes in
    the network as required​.
    3. TECHNICAL FEATURES
    ● FLEXIBILITY
    As all access points are connected with each other by multiple paths due to which it
    provides greater flexibility and the chances of disconnection from the network is minimal.
    It not only provides the wireless availability but also selects the best possible redundant
    path in case of failure.

    ● SELF - EVOLVING
    In all mesh access points there is an algorithm embedded that detects the best path to
    be taken for wired and wireless networks.

    ● SELF - HEALING
    With this feature, if one wireless access AP went down the other redundant AP within its
    surrounding suddenly detects the failure and again organizes the election process on the
    base of its embedded protocol.

    ● WIRELESS BACKHAUL
    The possibility of connecting several AP’s and providing multiple redundant connections
    in which the multiple inter-link mesh AP’s topology is formed is called Back-haul. When
    moving to the next working area, no sooner had the set-up location been chosen than
    the network backhaul can be constructed quickly.
    4. IMPLEMENTATION

    4.1 A basic 3-nodes system

    A 3-nodes wireless mesh network is implemented using Node MCU.In this project we are mainly
    concerned with the collection of information regarding room temperature using a DHT 11
    sensor. The DHT 11 sensor outputs the temperature as serial data .This information is shared
    among two other nodes, one representing a heater and another for a cooler. If the temperature
    is below 30 degrees Celsius, the relay on the heater is turned on, else the relay on the cooler is
    switched on.(​https://github.com/johnjohnsonv/MESH-NETWORKING/tree/master/Sample_test​)
    Keeping this code as a backbone several other scopes of Mesh Networking were exploited, like
    all the switches were connected to one node, distributing relays, LEDs, motors and sensors
    across other nodes and data in a wide variety of forms were exchanged successfully. In yet
    another experiment we developed a system suitable for hospitals in which the nodes consist of
    wearable sensors on patients, and monitoring systems at nursing stations. We also came up
    with a lot of socially relevant applications like
    ● Extension of Internet Service to remote areas
    ● Intelligent Traffic Management System
    ● Smart Electric Meters
    ● In factories, where assembly lines need coordination and information-exchange between
    several robotic systems, mesh networking can be utilised to ensure efficient production.

    4.2 Application on Swarm Robotics


    Our previous project dealt with a swarm robotics model used as a maze solver. We used a
    client-server model of communication between the master and slaves, using HTTP GET
    requests and appropriate response. One of the major issues faced was that all the slaves were
    to be near the master to get the information and also exchange occurred quite slowly. Also the
    HTTP model couldn’t transfer arrays which were really crucial for an easier and more efficient
    implementation of our maze solving algorithm. But the whole idea of this server-client
    communication could be very effectively replaced by mesh networking. Though a bit
    complicated mesh networking puts forward a way to transfer arrays between nodes. Applying
    the idea of swarm robotics in a large scale level definitely requires fast and uninterrupted
    communication which is only possible with the help of mesh networking, be it the case of a vast
    range of operation or even a failure of one of the nodes.

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