A cross-layer approach handling link asymmetry for wireless mesh access networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1045-1058

  Huang, Yuefeng ^a   Yang, Xinyu ^a   Yang, Shuseng ^b   Yu, Wei ^c   Fu, Xinwen ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross layer design; heterogeneous hidden exposed problems; link asymmetry; mesh access networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; CHANNEL RESERVATIONS; CROSS-LAYER APPROACH; CROSS-LAYER DESIGN; HETEROGENEOUS HIDDEN/EXPOSED PROBLEMS; HIDDEN PROBLEMS; LINK ASYMMETRY; LOWER COST; MESH ACCESS NETWORKS; MESH ROUTERS; TOPOLOGICAL INFORMATION; TRANSMISSION RANGES; UNIDIRECTIONAL LINKS; WIRELESS MESH;

DESIGN; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 79952833315     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2106172     Document Type: Article

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