Chapter 5
Energy-Efficient Rate
Adaptation in
Long-Distance Wireless
Mesh Networks
Zenghua Zhao, Zhibin Dou and Yantai Shu
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. zenghua@tju.edu.cn
5.1 Introduction .................................................... 132
5.2 Background: Long-Distance Wireless Mesh Networks ......... 133
5.2.1 Inter-Link Interference Model ......................... 134
5.2.2 2P MAC Protocol ...................................... 134
5.3 Overview: Rate Adaptation in Wireless Networks ............. 135
5.4 ERAA: Energy-Efficient Rate Adaptation Algorithm ......... 136
5.4.1 Network Model and Operations ....................... 137
5.4.2 Design Overview ....................................... 137
5.4.3 The Probing Stage ..................................... ...