Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Misra, Sudip (Editor), Misra, Subhas Chandra (Editor), Woungang, Isaac (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Wireless communication technologies continue to undergo rapid advancement. The attractiveness of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN)s, in general, can be attributed to their characteristics: the ability to dynamically self-organize and self-configure, coupled with the ability to maintain mesh connectivity,...

Table of Contents:

• Journey from Mobile Ad Hoc Networks to Wireless Mesh Networks
• Medium Access Control in Wireless Mesh Networks
• Hierarchical and QoS-Aware Routing in Multihop Wireless Mesh Networks
• Stabilizing Interference-Free Slot Assignment for Wireless Mesh Networks
• Channel Assignment Techniques for 802.11-Based Multiradio Wireless Mesh Networks
• Routing, Interface Assignment and Related Cross-layer Issues in Multiradio Wireless Mesh Networks
• Wireless Mesh Network Routing Under Uncertain Demands
• Routing Metrics for Wireless Mesh Networks
• Reliable Transport in Multihop Wireless Mesh Networks
• Transport Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks
• Congestion Control in Wireless Mesh Networks
• Wireless Mesh Networks-Based Multinetwork Convergence and Security Access
• Scalability in Wireless Mesh Networks
• Mobility Management in Wireless Mesh Networks
• Low Latency in Wireless Mesh Networks
• WiMAX Metro Area Mesh Networks: Technologies and Challenges
• Scheduling and Call Admission Control A WiMax Mesh Networks View
• The Symbiosis of Cognitive Radio and Wireless Mesh Networks
• Construction and Evaluation of a Wireless Mesh Network Testbed.