Long distance wireless mesh network planning: Problem formulation and solution

16th International World Wide Web Conference, WWW2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 893-902

  Sen, Sayandeep ^a   Raman, Bhaskaran ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

802.11 mesh networks; Long distance WiFi; Low cost networking; Rural Connectivity

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LOW COST NETWORKING; RURAL CONNECTIVITY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 35348890257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1242572.1242693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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