The Manhattan Street Network.

The throughput per user in loop and bus configured local area networks decreases 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. The networks have multiple paths that increase the reliability of the networks, and have point links that can cover a metropolitan area.