<s>
A	O
shared	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
traditional	O
 '	O
or	O
'	O
best	O
effort	O
 '	O
mesh	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
wireless	O
mesh	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
that	O
uses	O
a	O
single	O
radio	O
to	O
communicate	O
via	O
mesh	O
backhaul	B-General_Concept
links	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
neighboring	O
nodes	O
in	O
the	O
mesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
first	O
generation	O
mesh	O
where	O
the	O
total	O
available	O
bandwidth	B-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
radio	O
channel	O
is	O
‘	O
shared’	O
between	O
all	O
the	O
neighboring	O
nodes	O
in	O
the	O
mesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
bandwidth	B-Algorithm
is	O
shared	O
amongst	O
all	O
nodes	O
in	O
the	O
mesh	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
every	O
link	O
in	O
the	O
mesh	O
uses	O
additional	O
capacity	O
,	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
network	O
offers	O
much	O
lower	O
end	O
to	O
end	O
transmission	O
rates	O
than	O
a	O
switched	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
and	O
degrades	O
in	O
capacity	O
as	O
nodes	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
mesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wireless	O
mesh	B-Architecture
nodes	I-Architecture
typically	O
include	O
both	O
mesh	O
backhaul	B-General_Concept
links	O
and	O
client	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
dual	O
radio	O
shared	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
node	O
uses	O
separate	O
access	O
and	O
mesh	O
backhaul	B-General_Concept
radios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
mesh	O
backhaul	B-General_Concept
radio	O
is	O
shared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
single	O
radio	O
shared	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
node	O
,	O
access	O
and	O
mesh	O
backhaul	B-General_Concept
are	O
collapsed	O
onto	O
a	O
single	O
radio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
the	O
available	O
bandwidth	B-Algorithm
is	O
shared	O
between	O
both	O
the	O
mesh	O
links	O
and	O
client	O
access	O
,	O
further	O
reducing	O
the	O
end	O
to	O
end	O
traffic	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
