A MIMO mesh network can be easily configured for high data rate and reliability and can be applied in ad hoc networks, sensor networks. Because of these, MIMO mesh networks have recently attracted attention.
A MIMO mesh network supports communication reliability and high spectral efficiency by not only solving the problem of co-channel interference which occurs in conventional systems but also by employing spatial multiplexing. In this paper, the authors discuss in detail a developed software defined radio hardware — a prototype model of a
MIMO mesh node. The purpose of the implementation is to show the practicability of MIMO mesh network which has been the subject of our theoretical research. The hardware operates at the 950MHz band which is suitable for current sensor networks.