Quality of service and capacity in constrained intermittent-connectivity networks

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 803-814

  Small, Tara ^a,b   Haas, Zygmunt J ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b 323 Frank Rhodes Hall ^*  (Canada)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov processes; Stochastic processes; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED PATHS; INTERMITTENT-CONNECTIVITY NETWORKS; SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION RANGE;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; THROUGHPUT;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 34249715914     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2007.1033     Document Type: Article

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