[CUWiN-Dev] Intel jumps into mesh networks fray.

[Sascha Meinrath]

Anyone have thoughts on this?  Perhaps we should contact someone at Intel?

--Sascha

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:44:16 -0500
From: Jim Snider <Snider at newamerica.net>
To: communityinternet at freepress.net
Subject: [CommunityInternet] Intel jumps into mesh networks fray

>From today's FierceWiFi

Intel jumps into mesh networks fray

Intel is jumping into the mesh networks fray by introducing its first 
proposals for 802.11s, a new mesh wireless networking standard. In mesh 
networks, each of the nodes can relay messages on behalf of other nodes, 
in the process increasing the range of the network and its accessible 
bandwidth. Mesh networks are already deployed in cities such as Taipei, 
and also in some industries, but the various mesh systems out there do not 
interoperate, and are regarded as unsuitable for the home or office.

Intel's proposals are compatible with 802.11a/b/g and with 802.11i 
security. They add functions for allowing wireless nodes to locate each 
other, authenticate, and establish connections, and establish the most 
efficient route for a particular task.  W. Steven Conner, wireless network 
architect at Intel and technical editor of the IEEE's 802.11s task group, 
says that a broadband video stream, for example, may take a different 
route across a home environment than a Web connection in order to achieve 
higher bandwidth. This degree of self-configuration and environmental 
awareness creates efficient wireless networks and automates the entire 
process of installation and reconfiguration.

Intel is also pushing the idea of Mesh Portals, that is, systems which 
know how to connect complete mesh networks to other, potentially non-mesh 
systems such as the more traditional 802.11 networks, new standards such 
as 802.11n, broadband APs, or different wireless technologies such as UWB 
and mobile data sources.

Intel believes that the 802.11s standardization process will not bog down 
as has been the case with other recent standards. The process will likely 
produce a firm proposal towards the end of 2006 or the beginning of 2007.

For more on Intel's entry into mesh networks: - see Rupert Goodwins' ZDNet 
UK 
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