Sparse WiFi deployment for vehicular internet access with bounded interconnection gap

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 956-969

  Zheng, Zizhan ^a   Sinha, Prasun ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Roadside WiFi; sparse coverage

Indexed keywords

DATA SERVICES; EXPECTED DELAY; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; IN-SITU; INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY; MOBILE USERS; MOVING VEHICLES; NP-HARD; OPEN WIFI ACCESS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; ROAD NETWORK; SPARSE COVERAGE; VEHICULAR INTERNET ACCESS; WI-FI DEPLOYMENT;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNET; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

WI-FI;

EID: 84862547885     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2011.2170218     Document Type: Article

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