Ubiquitous Internet access is becoming a major requirement for end‐users due to the
increasing number of services and applications supported over the Internet. Extending the
coverage of current Wi‐Fi infrastructures installed in companies, universities and cities, has
been considered a solution to help in fulfilling this requirement, namely when it comes to
wireless and nomadic Internet access. This paper describes and analyses a new and simple
solution, called Wi‐Fi network Infrastructure eXtension (WiFIX), aimed at extending current …

Network infrastructure extension using 802.1D-based wireless mesh networks …