DARP: Distance-aware relay placement in WiMAX mesh networks

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2060-2068

  Zhang, Weiyi ^a   Bai, Shi ^a   Xue, Guoliang ^b   Tang, Jian ^c   Wang, Chonggang ^d  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

^d NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

approximation algorithm; hitting set; independent set; relay station placement; WiMAX mesh network

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION SOLUTION; EFFICIENT APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FOURTH GENERATION; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHER NETWORKS; HITTING SETS; IEEE 802.16; IEEE 802.16J; INDEPENDENT SET; MESH NETWORK; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; NONLINE OF SIGHT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; REALISTIC MODEL; RELAY STATIONS; SIGNAL QUALITY; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; STEINER TREES; SUB-PROBLEMS; SUBSCRIBER STATIONS; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; USER DATA; WIMAX TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS COVERAGE;

ANTENNA RADIATION; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; TOPOLOGY; WIMAX; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 79960867564     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2011.5935014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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