In this paper we build upon the recent observation that the 802.11 rate region is log-convex and, for the first time, characterise max-min fair rate allocations for a large class of 802.11 wireless mesh networks. By exploiting features of the 802.11e/n MAC, in particular TXOP packet bursting, we are able to use this characterisation to establish a straightforward, practically implementable approach for achieving max-min throughput fairness. We demonstrate that this approach can be readily extended to encompass time-based fairness in multi-rate 802.11 mesh networks.
@article{arxiv.1002.1581,
title = {Max-min Fairness in 802.11 Mesh Networks},
author = {Douglas J. Leith and Qizhi Cao and Vijay G. Subramanian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1581},
year = {2010}
}