On access point association in wireless mesh networks

2010 IEEE International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks", WoWMoM 2010 - Digital Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Argento, A ^a   Cesana, M ^a   Malanchini, I ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; Competition; Wireless mesh networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; ASSOCIATION; CELLULAR SYSTEM; END USERS; GAME-THEORETIC TOOLS; NASH EQUILIBRIA; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; NONCOOPERATIVE GAME; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS MESH;

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; GAME THEORY; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 77955906935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WOWMOM.2010.5535000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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