Measurement and analysis of real-world 802.11 mesh networks

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-136

  LaCurts, Katrina ^a   Balakrishnan, Hari ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

802.11; Bit rate adaptation; Hidden terminals; Measurement; Mesh; Opportunistic routing; Wireless

Indexed keywords

IEEE STANDARDS; MESH NETWORKING; NETWORK ROUTING; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; TABLE LOOKUP; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

802.11; BIT RATE ADAPTATION; BIT RATES; HIDDEN TERMINAL; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MESH; MESHNETWORKS; OPPORTUNISTIC ROUTING; REAL-WORLD; WIRELESS MESH;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 78650910985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1879141.1879158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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