Enhancing multi-hop communication over multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh networks: A cross-layer approach

Computer Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1559-1569

  Bononi, Luciano ^a   Di Felice, Marco ^a   Molinaro, Antonella ^b   Pizzi, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel assignment; Medium access control; Multi channel; Multi radio; Wireless mesh networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MESH GENERATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESSS; CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT; DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ALLOCATION; MULTI CHANNEL; MULTI RADIO MULTI CHANNELS; MULTI-RADIO; QUALITYOF-SERVICE REQUIREMENT (QOS); WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMNS);

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 84865661393     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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