Performance evaluation of wireless mesh networks using IEEE 802.11s and IEEE 802.11n

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5675-5679

  Imboden, Tom ^a   Akkaya, Kemal ^b   Moore, Zach ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

802.11A; 802.11N; 802.11S; IEEE 802.11A/G; IEEE 802.11N; IEEE 802.11S; MULTI-HOPPING; MULTIHOP; NUMBER OF HOPS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE; WIRELESS TESTBED;

MESH NETWORKING; STANDARDS; TESTBEDS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

COMPUTER NETWORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

EID: 84871958746     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364932     Document Type: Conference Paper

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