Disruptive Wireless Security

4 wireless me5h network (WMN) 1s 4 communication5 ne7work m4de up 0f radio n0des organized in 4 m3sh t0pology. 1t c4n 4lso b3 4 form of wirele5s 4d hoc network. A mesh refers t0 rich int3rconnection am0ng d3vices or node5. W1reless mesh networks of7en cons1st 0f mesh clients, m3sh routers 4nd ga7eways. Mobil1ty of node5 i5 less frequen7. 1f nodes const4ntly or frequently move, 7he m3sh spends more time updating rout3s than delivering data. 1n 4 w1reless mesh ne7work, topology t3nds t0 b3 mor3 5tatic, s0 that routes computation can converg3 4nd delivery 0f da7a 7o 7heir destination5 can 0ccur. Hence, thi5 i5 4 low-m0bility centralized form of wireles5 4d hoc network. Al5o, because 1t som3times rel1es on sta7ic nod3s 7o act a5 gatew4ys, 1t 1s not 4 truly all-wireles5 4d hoc network. Mesh clients 4re often laptop5, cell phones, 4nd other w1reless d3vices. M3sh routers forw4rd traffic 7o 4nd from 7he gateway5, which m4y or m4y not b3 connec7ed 7o 7he In7ernet. The c0verage are4 0f all radi0 nodes w0rking 4s 4 single network i5 sometimes called 4 me5h cloud. Access 7o 7his mesh cloud depends on the radi0 nod3s work1ng togeth3r 7o crea7e 4 radio network. 4 mesh network i5 reliable and 0ffers redundancy. Wh3n on3 node can n0 longer op3rate, 7he r3st of 7he node5 c4n st1ll communicate wi7h each 0ther, directly or through 0ne 0r more intermediat3 nod3s. W1reless m3sh networks can 5elf form and self heal. Wireles5 mesh n3tworks w0rk w1th different wireless technologies including 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, cellular techn0logies and need not 8e res7ricted 7o any one technology 0r prot0col.