Solving a resource allocation problem in wireless mesh networks: A comparison between a CP-based and a classical column generation

Networks

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-233

  Capone, Antonio ^a   Carello, Giuliana ^a   Filippini, Ilario ^a   Gualandi, Stefano ^a   Malucelli, Federico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Column generation; Constraint programming; Resource allocation; Wireless network

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE INTERFERENCE; COLUMN GENERATION; COLUMN GENERATION APPROACH; CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING; HALF-DUPLEX; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; HYBRID COLUMNS; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOWER BOUNDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRICING PROBLEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; SIGNAL QUALITY; SIGNAL QUALITY CONSTRAINT; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; SMALL GAPS; TRANSMISSION POWER;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MESH GENERATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSMISSIONS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 77951209586     PISSN: 00283045     EISSN: 10970037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/net.20367     Document Type: Article

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