An interface for simulating node placement in wireless mesh networks

Proceedings of the 2012 15th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBIS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 326-333

  Xhafa, Fatos ^a   Bravo, Albert ^a   Barolli, Admir ^b   Takizawa, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meta heuristics; Simulation; Web interface; Wireless Mesh networks

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND WIRELESS; DESIGN PHASE; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; HILL CLIMBING; LOCAL SEARCH METHOD; MESH ROUTERS; META HEURISTICS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NODE PLACEMENT; RADIO COVERAGE; RESOLUTION METHODS; SIMULATION; SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS; URBAN AREAS; WEB INTERFACE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; ROUTERS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TABU SEARCH; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 84870813157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NBiS.2012.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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