A realistic mobility model for wireless networks of scale-free node connectivity

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-369

  Lim, Sunho ^a   Yu, Chansu ^b   Das, Chita R ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity distribution; Mobile communication; Mobility model; Network capacity; Random waypoint mobility; Scale free wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILITY MODEL; RANDOM WAYPOINT MOBILITY; RANDOM WAYPOINTS; SCALE-FREE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODELS; NETWORK LAYERS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77952141189     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2010.032979     Document Type: Article

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