Cooperative multi-channel access for 802.11 mesh networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1684-1693

  Singh, Shashi Raj ^a   Motani, Mehul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cooperative multi channel mesh network; IEEE 802.11 DCF; Linux 802.11 architecture; software MAC

Indexed keywords

802.11 MAC PROTOCOL; ACCESS TECHNIQUES; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SHARING; HEAVY TRAFFICS; IEEE 802.11 DCF; IEEE 802.11S; MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL; MESH ARCHITECTURE; MESH NETWORK; MESH PROTOCOLS; MULTI-CHANNEL; OPEN SOURCES; PROTOCOL DESIGN;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPEN SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 84866894121     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2012.121012     Document Type: Article

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