Experimental Evaluation of Multi-Path Routing in a Wireless Mesh Network Inside a Building

Multi-path routing can provide robustness and load balanci ng to communication in wireless mesh networks (WMNs). We present a Li nux implementation of an existing multi-path routing scheme and evaluate i t in our inhouse WMN testbed. In addition to our implementation, we describe the testbed where we performed evaluations regarding end-to-end delay and packet l oss. Furthermore, we identify the limitations of the implemented protocol in a re al-world scenario with interferences due to dense node placement as well as third-p arty networks and discuss possible enhancements and general directions of resea rch.