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- Provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art on the hot topic of Wireless Mesh Networks
- The reader-friendly style includes discussions for practitioners, directions for future research, list of terms and definitions and summary questions within in chapter to support the reader
- Written by prominent researchers within the field
- Each chapter contains in-depth discussion sections on thoughts for practitioners and directions for future research
- Include a list of important terms and their definitions for each chapter
- Offers a set of 10 questions (both numeric and non-numeric) that will help readers to assess their understanding of the various concepts at the end of each chapter
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Overview and Goals Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research in the area of wireless mesh networks (WMNs). The attractiveness of WMNs, in general, is attributed to their characteristics such as the ability to dynamically self-organize and self-con?gure, coupled with the ability to maintain mesh connectivity leading, in effect, to low set-up/installation costs, simpler maintenance tasks, and service coverage with high reliability and fault-tolerance. WMNs also support their integration with existing wireless networks such as cellular networks, WLANs, wireless-?delity (Wi-Fi), and worldwide interoperability of microwave access (WiMAX). WMNs have found u- ful applications in a broad range of domains such as broadband home networking, commercial/business networking, and community networking – particularly attr- tive in offering broadband wireless access with low initial installation and set-up costs. Even though WMNs have emerged to be attractive and they hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. Some of the wellknownchallenges areattributedtoissuesrelatingtoscalability(signi?cantdrop in throughput with the increase in the number of nodes), multicasting, offering qu- ity of service guarantees, energy ef?ciency, and security. This handbook attempts to provide a comprehensive guide on fundamental key topics coupled with new ideas and results in the areas of WMNs. The book has been prepared keeping in mind that it needs to prove itself to be a valuable resource dealing with both the important core and the specialized issues in WMNs.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks
Editors: Sudip Misra, Subhas Chandra Misra, Isaac Woungang
Series Title: Computer Communications and Networks
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-909-7
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-908-0Published: 23 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-804-1Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84800-909-7Published: 19 February 2009
Series ISSN: 1617-7975
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8433
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 528
Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Computer Communication Networks, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks