Design and evaluation of a new MAC protocol for long-distance 802.11 mesh networks

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 156-169

  Raman, Bhaskaran ^a   Chebrolu, Kameswari ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

802.11 mesh networks; MAC design; Network topology design; Signal to Interference Ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

802.11 MESH NETWORKS; MAC DESIGN; NETWORK TOPOLOGY DESIGN; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 32144432466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1080829.1080847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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