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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to compare the low‐cost switched‐beam antennas and the more expensive adaptive antennas in a wireless mesh network (WMN) scenario.
Design/methodology/approach
A mathematical framework is adopted in order to determine, for the two antenna systems, the number of sustainable simultaneous communications and the achievable throughput of a backbone WMN in a realistic outdoor environment.
Findings
The paper includes a thorough examination of benefits and crucial implementation issues concerning the adoption multiple antennas on mesh routers.
Originality/value
The paper investigates the relationship between the antenna system and the adopted channel coding technique, to determine the set‐up that may offer the best compromise between performance and complexity.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009
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