Multilevel fault tolerance in infrastructure-oriented wireless networks: Framework and performance evaluation

International Journal of Network Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-374

  Varshney, Upkar ^a   Malloy, Alisha D ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT-TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE-ORIENTED WIRELESS NETWORKS; INTERCONNECTION LEVELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REDUNDANCY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749488474     PISSN: 10557148     EISSN: 10991190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nem.602     Document Type: Article

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