Authors: Gautam Pandey , Piyush Chandra , Raghuveer Singh
Abstract: Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are emerging as a reliable communication backbone for distributed embedded control systems used in industrial automation, smart grids, intelligent transportation, and environmental monitoring. Unlike traditional centralized architectures, distributed control relies on multiple embedded nodes cooperating over a wireless medium to sense, compute, and actuate in real time. WMNs provide self-healing, multi-hop communication, redundancy, and scalability which are very suitable for such systems. However, challenges like latency, packet loss, synchronization, energy constraints, and security must be carefully addressed. This paper reviews the architecture, protocols, design considerations, and applications of WMNs in distributed embedded control. Various routing strategies, MAC layer issues, time synchronization methods, and reliability mechanisms are discussed. The paper also highlights advantages, limitations, and future research directions in integrating WMNs with embedded control platforms.
Keywords: Wireless Mesh Network, Distributed Control, Embedded Systems, Multi-hop Communication, Real-time Systems, Industrial Automation
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