Grobler, Magdalena JohannaHelberg, Albertus Stephanus Jacobus2013-01-112013-01-112011Grobler, M.J. & Helberg, A.S.J. 2011.Identifying opportunities for deterministic network coding in wireless mesh networks. Africa Research Journal , 102(1):8-15. [http://www.saiee.org.za/content.php?pageID=349]1991-1696http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7872Transactions of the South African Insitute of Electrical EngineersRecent advances in methods to improve network utilisation has lead to the introduction of Network Coding, a technique that can reduce local congestion in a network by combining information sent over the network. In this paper the use of deterministic Network Coding in a Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is proposed. A method to determine where Network Coding can be implemented in a WMN is presented. It is shown that the inherent properties of WMNs provide good opportunities for the implementation of this method.enCapacitynetwork codingnetwork topologynetwork utilisationquality of servicewireless mesh networksArticle