The Manhattan Street Network

The throughput per user in loop and bus configured local area networks decreases at least linearly with the number of users. These networks cannot be extended to a metropolitan area with many users. Mesh networks increase the throughput of conventional local area networks by decreasing the fraction of the network capacity needed to transmit information between a source and a destination. These networks have multiple paths that increase the reliability of the networks, and have point to point links that can cover a metropolitan area.