Chapter 13: Hybrid Wireless Networks

 Introduction  Pricing in Multi-hop Wireless

 Next-Generation Hybrid
Wireless Architectures
 Routing in Hybrid Wireless
Networks
Networks
 Power Control Schemes in
Hybrid Wireless Networks
 Load balancing in Hybrid
Wireless Networks

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 Introduction
 Next-generation wireless systems are expected to support a wide range of
advanced services:
• Support both data and voice traffic
• Cellular systems:
• 1G focused on efficient frequency usage for voice transmission.
• 2G focuses on efficient spectrum usage for voice transmission.
• 3G focuses on efficient data traffic.
• Hybrid wireless network architectures combine multi-hop radio relaying and
infrastructure support to provide high-capacity wireless networks.
 Next-generation hybrid wireless architectures
• Multi-hop cellular network (MCN)
• Integrated cellular and ad hoc replaying system (iCAR)
• Hybrid wireless network (HWN)
• Self-organization packet radio networks with overlay (SOPRANO)
• Multi-power architecture for cellular networks (MuPAC)
• Throughput enhanced wireless in local loop (TWiLL) 2
 Classification of Hybrid Architecures
 Systems with host-cum-relay (host-Cumulative-relay) stations
• The dedicated relay stations do not originate data traffic on their own and
assist in forwarding on behalf of the sender.
• Single-Mode systems: MHs operate only multi-hop mode.
• Multi-Mode Systems: the mobile hosts act either in single-hop mode or in
multi-hop mode depending on the architecture.
• High-mobility systems
• Limited-mobility systems
 Systems with dedicated relay stations
• Dedicated relay stations are used for relaying data traffic.
• Single-mode systems
• Multi-mode systems