W2TS A novel IEEE 802.11 multi-hop mesh network for tracking systems

Abstract

We present a novel and innovative wireless tracking system for service vehicles in areas where the vehicles position could affect people security and operational functionalities; a communication system to acquire and transmit mobile agents GPS position data to an area control station has been studied and implemented. As mobile agents (vehicles) are free to move over the operational area, the target of the system is to provide a reliable tracking service employing a wireless backbone, comprised of fixed stations. The novel solution proposed here will manage the communication between mobile agents and the backbone network with a specific AODV routing protocol, and the static backbone network with a co-existent different customized OLSR routing protocol