A Self-X Approach to OLSR Routing Protocol in Large-Scale Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless mesh networks constitute an emerging technology that is quickly gaining popularity due to its countless advantages in terms of coverage area and low implementation cost. Wireless mesh networks are also capable of self-organization. The eminent advantage of a self-organized network is its ability to perform network control and management, which reduces both the developmental complexity and the need for maintenance of these networks. In this paper, we propose a self-organizing approach for the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) in wireless mesh networks, based on the agent technology. Based on the results we obtained, we argue that our architectural self-organization model increases throughput and improves the delay and packet delivery of the overall network, when compared to the original OLSR protocol.