Mesh Networks are impacted by INTERFERENCE:

• Mesh networks traditionally use omni directional antennas that can create self interference. It is this interference that limits the scalability of these networks.
• Latency (delay) increases with increasing traffic on the network as most of the time is spent waiting for clear channel.

Mesh Networks with Phased Array Antennas have an ADVANTAGE

• Shaping the beam reduces unnecessary interference. The channels can be reused more frequently and nodes can be spaced further apart.
• THE RESULT:
  Network capacity increases up to 118%
  Latency improves by a factor of 28