A new multi-channel mesh architecture with DCF-based inter-AP communication and radio-aware packet forwarding for IEEE 802.11-compliant WLANs

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E90-B, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-91

  Loyola, Luis ^a   Kumagai, Tomoaki ^a   Nagata, Kengo ^a   Otsuki, Shinya ^a   Aikawa, Satoru ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; Mesh networks; Multihop networks

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MESH ARCHITECTURES; MESH NETWORKS; MOBILE TERMINALS (MT); MULTIHOP NETWORKS;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

EID: 33846434879     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.1.78     Document Type: Article

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