Design and implementation of CLASS: A Cross-Layer ASSociation scheme for wireless mesh networks

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1476-1488

  He, Yan ^a   Perkins, Dmitri ^a   Velaga, Sritej ^a  

^a Informatics Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Airtime cost; Association; IEEE 802.11; Network performance; Wireless mesh networks

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COSTS; MESH GENERATION; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; STANDARDS; TRANSPORTATION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; END TO END LATENCIES; END-TO-END NETWORK PERFORMANCE; IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LAN; IEEE 802.11S; MULTI-HOP WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATION;

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 84860215172     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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