On efficient traffic distribution for disaster area communication using wireless mesh networks

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1311-1327

  Fouda, Mostafa M ^a,b   Nishiyama, Hiroki ^a   Miura, Ryu ^c   Kato, Nei ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Benha University ^*  (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster area network; Traffic distribution; Wireless mesh networks (WMNs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; DISASTER AREAS; INTELLIGENT FORECASTING; MULTI HOP COMMUNICATION; POST-DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS; TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTIONS; TRAFFIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMNS);

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; MESH NETWORKING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS (WMN);

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 84893849840     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-013-1579-9     Document Type: Article

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