The pervasiveness of wireless technology has indeed created massive opportunity to
integrate almost everything into the Internet fabric. This can be seen with the advent of …

Abstract Free Space Optical (FSO) networks, also known as optical wireless networks, have
emerged as viable candidates for broadband wireless communications in the near future …

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) consist of mesh routers and mesh clients, where mesh
routers have minimal mobility and form the backbone of WMNs. They provide network …

This book presents an in-depth study on the recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs). The authors describe the existing WSN applications and discuss the research …

In spite of the massive efforts in researching and develo** mobile ad hoc networks in the
last decade, this type of network has not yet witnessed mass market deployment. The low …

Designing routing metrics is critical for perfor-mance in wireless mesh networks. The unique
characteristics of mesh networks, such as static nodes and the shared nature of the wireless …

With the emergence of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) in the fifth generation (5G) of
cellular networks, backhaul is no longer just a passive capacity constraint in cellular network …

Using wireless mesh networks to offer Internet connectivity is becoming a popular choice for
wireless Internet service providers as it allows fast, easy, and inexpensive network …

Load balancing is critical for improving performance in wireless mesh networks. The unique
characteristics of mesh networks, such as static nodes and the shared nature of the wireless …

We consider the question of what performance metric to maximize when designing ad hoc
wireless network protocols such as routing or MAC. We focus on maximizing rates under …