Is the number of neighbors in Ad Hoc wireless networks a good indicator of connectivity?

International Zurich Seminar on Digital Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 40-43

  Tonguz, Ozan K ^a   Ferrari, Gianluigi ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; ESTIMATION; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

BIT ERROR RATE (BER); INTERNODE INTERFERENCE (INI); NON-LOCAL PERCOLATION (NLP);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442594096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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