This paper investigates the behavior of a Wireless Mesh Network in
which the nodes are equipped with a multiple antenna system. The
objective of this study is the comparison of the low-cost
switched-beam antennas with the more expensive fully adaptive
smart antennas. The analysis and the simulations are performed
together with some considerations regarding the advantages and the
practical possibilities of employing multi-antenna systems on mesh
routers. The analytical and the numerical results are derived
employing realistic antenna radiation patterns and a proper
spatial channel model.
