La pénurie d'énergie et le manque d'infrastructures dans les régions rurales représentent une barrière pour le déploiement et l'extension des réseaux cellulaires. Les approches et techniques pour relier les stations de base (BSs) entre elles à faible coût et d'une manière fiable et efficace énergiquement sont l'une des priorités des opérateurs. Ces réseaux peu denses actuellement, peuvent évoluer rapidement et affronter une croissance exponentielle due principalement à l'utilisation des téléphones mobiles, tablettes et applications gourmandes en bande passante. La densification des réseaux est l'une des solutions efficaces pour répondre à ce besoin en débit élevé. Certes, l'introduction de petites BSs apporte de nombreux avantages tels que l'amélioration du débit et de la qualité du signal, mais entraîne des contraintes opérationnelles telles que le choix de l'emplacement des noeuds dans ces réseaux de plus en plus denses ainsi que leur alimentation. Les problèmes où la contrainte spatiale est prépondérante sont bien appropriés à la modélisation par la géométrie stochastique qui permet une modélisation réaliste de distribution des BSs. Ainsi, l'enjeu est de trouver de nouvelles approches de gestions d'interférence et de réductions de consommation énergétique dans les réseaux sans fil. Le premier axe de cette thèse s'intéresse aux méthodes de gestion d'interférence dans les réseaux cellulaires se basant sur la coordination entre les BSs, plus précisément, la technique Coordinated MultiPoint Joint Transmission (CoMP-JT). En CoMP-JT, les utilisateurs en bordure de cellules qui subissent un niveau très élevé d'interférences reçoivent plusieurs copies du signal utile de la part des BSs qui forment l'ensemble de coordination. Ainsi, nous utilisons le modèle r-l Square Point Process (PP) à fin de modéliser la distribution des BSs dans le plan. Le processus r-l Square PP est le plus adapté pour modéliser le déploiement réel des BSs d'un réseau sans fil, en assurant une distance minimale, (r - l), entre les points du processus. Nous discutons l'impact de la taille de l'ensemble de coordination sur les performances évaluées. Ce travail est étendu pour les réseaux denses WiFi IEEE 802.11, où les contraintes de portées de transmission et de détection de porteuse ont été prises en compte. Dans le deuxième axe du travail, nous nous intéressons à l'efficacité énergétique des réseaux mesh. Nous proposons l'utilisation des antennes directionnelles (DAs) pour réduire la consommation énergétique et améliorer le débit de ces réseaux mesh. Les DAs ont la capacité de focaliser la transmission dans la direction du récepteur, assurant une portée plus importante et moins d'énergie dissipée dans toutes les directions. Pour différentes topologies, nous dérivons le nombre de liens et montrons que ce nombre dépend du nombre de secteurs de l'antenne. Ainsi, en utilisant les simulations, nous montrons que le gain, en énergie et en débit, apporté par les DAs peut atteindre 70% dans certains cas. De plus, on propose un modèle d'optimisation conjointe d'énergie et du débit adapté aux réseaux WMNs équipés de DAs. La résolution numérique de ce modèle conforte les résultats de simulation obtenus dans la première partie de cette étude sur l'impact des DAs sur les performances du réseau en termes de débit et d'énergie consommée. Ces travaux de thèse s'inscrivent dans le cadre du projet collaboratif (FUI16 LCI4D), qui consiste à concevoir et à valider une architecture radio ouverte pour renforcer l'accès aux services broadband dans des lieux ne disposant que d'une couverture minimale assurée par un réseau macro-cellulaire traditionnel. / Today's networks continue to evolve and grow resulting more dense, complex and heterogeneous networks.This leads to new challenges such as finding new models to characterize the nodes distribution in the wireless network and approaches to mitigate interference. On the other hand, the energy consumption of WMNs is a challenging issue mainly in rural areas lacking of default electrical grids. Finding alternative technologies and approaches to reduce the consumed energy of these networks is a interesting task. This thesis focuses on proposing and evaluating interference management models for next generation wireless networks (5G and Very Dense High WLANs), and providing tools and technologies to reduce energy consumption of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Two different problems are thus studied; naturally the thesis is divided into two parts along the following chapters.The contribution of the first part of the thesis is threefold. Firstly, we develop our interference management coordination (CoMP-JT) model. The main idea of CoMP-JT is to turn signals generating harmful interference into useful signals. We develop a new model where BSs inside the coordinated set send a copy of data to border's users experiencing high interference. We consider the r-l Square point process to model the BSs distribution in the network. We derive network performance in terms of coverage probability and throughput. Additionally, we study the impact of the size of coordination set on the network performance. Secondly, we extend these results and provide a new model adopted for Dense Very high throughput WLANs. We take into consideration constraints of WLANs in our model such as carrier sensing range. Thirdly, we tackle resource allocation strategies to limit the interference in LTE networks. We study three cyclic allocation strategies: (i) the independent allocation, (ii) the static allocation and (iii) the load-dependent strategy. We derive tractable analytical expression of the first and second mean of interference. We validate the model using extensive simulations. Reducing the energy consumption and improving the energy efficiency of WMNs is our concern in the second part of the thesis. Indeed, we aim at studying the impact of directional antennas technology on the performance of WMNs, using both analysis and simulations. Fisrt, We derive the Number of Links (NLs) for the chain and grid topologies for different antennas beams. These results are based on the routing tables of nodes in the network. We consider different scenarios such as 1Source-NDestinations to model the downlink communications, NSources-1Destination to model the uplink communications and the 1Source-1Destination as a baseline scenario. Using ns-3 simulator, we simulate network performance in terms of Mean Loss Ratio, throughput, energy consumption and energy efficiency. Then, we study the impact of number of beams, network topology and size, the placement of the gateway on the network performance. Next, we go beyond simulations and propose an optimization framework minimizing the consumed energy while maximizing the network throughput for DAs WMNs. We consider a weighted objective function combining the energy consumption and the throughput. We use power control to adapt transmission power depending on the location of the next hop. This model is a first step to approve the obtained simulation results. We use ILOG Cplex solver to find the optimal solution. Results show that DAs improves the network throughput while reduce the energy consumption and that power control allows saving more energy. In this direction, the LCI4D Project aims at providing low cost infrastructure to connect isolated rural and sub-urban areas to the Internet. In order to reduce the installation and maintenance costs, LCI4D proposes the usage of self-configured Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) to connect multimode outdoor femtocells to the remote Marco cell (gateway).

[pt] Este trabalho avalia a coleta esporádica de dados em uma rede sem fio Bluetooth Mesh, usando o simulador OMNET (mais mais) INET. O coletor de dados é um nó sink em movimento, que poderia ser um smartphone ou outro dispositivo portátil, carregado por um pedestre, ciclista, animal, ou um drone. O nó sink poderia se conectar a uma rede mesh em áreas de difícil acesso onde não há acesso a internet, e coletar dados de sensores. Após implementar extensões ao Bluetooth Mesh, funcionalidades de nós Low Power e Friends no OMNET (mais mais), conseguimos propor e avaliar algoritmos para roteamento adaptativo, e com foco em mobilidade, de dados de sensores em direção ao nó sink. Uma variação de um dos algoritmos de roteamento propostos alcançou um aumento de 173,54 por cento na quantidade de dados únicos entregues ao nó sink em comparação ao algoritmo de roteamento padrão do Bluetooth Mesh. Neste caso, houve um aumento de apenas 4,63 por cento no consumo de energia para o mesmo cenário. Além disso, a taxa de entrega aumentou em 111.82 por cento. / [en] This work evaluates sporadic data collection on a Bluetooth Mesh network, using the OMNET (plus plus) INET simulator. The data collector is a roaming sink node, which could be a smartphone or other portable device, carried by a pedestrian, a biker, an animal, or a drone. The sink node could connect to a mesh network in hard-to-reach areas that do not have internet access and collect sensor data. After implementing Bluetooth Mesh relay extensions, Low Power, and Friend features in OMNET (plus plus), we were able to propose and evaluate algorithms for mobility-aware, adaptive, routing of sensor data towards the sink node. One variation of a proposed routing algorithm achieved a 173.54 percent increase in unique data delivered to the sink node compared to Bluetooth Mesh s default routing algorithm. In that case, there was only a 4.63 percent increase in energy consumption for the same scenario. Also, the delivery rate increased by 111.82 percent.

In this thesis the possibilities of smart antenna systems in wireless mesh networks are examined. With respect to the individual smart antenna tradeoffs, a routing protocol (Modified HWMP, MHWMP) for IEEE 802.11s mesh networks is presented, that exploits the full range of benefits provided by smart antennas: MHWMP actively switches between the PHY-layer transmission/reception modes (multiplexing, beamforming and diversity) according to the wireless channel conditions. Spatial multiplexing and beamforming are used for unicast data transmissions, while antenna diversity is employed for efficient broadcasts. To adapt to the directional channel environment and to take full benefit of the PHY capabilities, a respective MAC scheme is employed. The presented protocol is tested in extensive simulation and the results are examined.

In this thesis the possibilities of smart antenna systems in wireless mesh networks are examined. With respect to the individual smart antenna tradeoffs, a routing protocol (Modified HWMP, MHWMP) for IEEE 802.11s mesh networks is presented, that exploits the full range of benefits provided by smart antennas: MHWMP actively switches between the PHY-layer transmission/reception modes (multiplexing, beamforming and diversity) according to the wireless channel conditions. Spatial multiplexing and beamforming are used for unicast data transmissions, while antenna diversity is employed for efficient broadcasts. To adapt to the directional channel environment and to take full benefit of the PHY capabilities, a respective MAC scheme is employed. The presented protocol is tested in extensive simulation and the results are examined.:1 Introduction 2 Wireless Mesh Networks 3 IEEE 802.11s 4 Smart Antenna Concepts 5 State of the Art: Wireless Mesh Networks with Smart Antennas 6 New Concepts 7 System Model 8 Results and Discussion 9 Conclusion and Future Work