  Testbeds are a key element in the evaluation of wireless multi-hop networks.
In order to relieve researchers from the hassle of deploying their own
testbeds, remotely controllable testbeds, such as the FIT/IoT-LAB, are built.
However, while the IoT-LAB has a high number of nodes, they are deployed in
constraint areas. This, together with the complex nature of radio propagation,
makes an ad-hoc construction of multi-hop topologies with a high number of hops
difficult. This work presents a strategic approach to solve this problem and
proposes algorithms to generate topologies with desired properties. The
implementation is evaluated for the IoT-LAB testbeds and is provided as
open-source software. The results show that preset topologies of various types
can be built even in dense wireless testbeds.
