Poster: Seamless Client Integration for Fast Roaming in Wireless Mesh Networks

IEEE802.11s enables rapid deployment of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) to supply basic wireless connectivity for client hardware. However, if state-of-the-art routing protocols are up to the task in practice is not systematically evaluated, especially when considering seamless client integration without using central Wi-Fi controllers. This paper analyzes and enhances the Babel routing protocol for WMNs with attached clients. In particular, we improve roaming times by enhancing client route handling and integrating clients as if they were announcing themselves. We present client roaming performance based on real-world experiments leveraging a 20-node testbed.