The wireless mesh networks trathc are of selt：snmlarlty and the network pertOrmance is degraded by seltsimillar traffic. Network coding is a new technology which improves network performance. An algorithm is presented that it uses network coding to reduce queue length and delay time when self-similar traffic occurs. Based on synchronization, data packets are classified by destination address and lengths. Simulation results show that with the proposed synchronization techniques, network coding, even in scenarios with burst self-similar traffic, where network coding could not have been deployed so far, increases throughput and lowers packet loss in wireless mesh networks.
