A wide variety of resource management problems of recent interest, including power/rate
control, link scheduling, cross-layer control, network utility maximization, beamformer design …

Project scheduling is concerned with single-item or small batch production where scarce
resources have to be allocated to dependent activities over time. Applications can be found …

Network coding promises to significantly impact the way communications networks are
designed, operated, and understood. This book presents a unified and intuitive overview of …

Next generation fixed wireless broadband networks are being increasingly deployed as
mesh networks in order to provide and extend access to the internet. These networks are …

We consider the problem of establishing minimum-cost multicast connections over coded
packet networks, ie, packet networks where the contents of outgoing packets are arbitrary …

Full-duplex has emerged as a new communication paradigm and is anticipated to double
wireless capacity. Existing studies of full-duplex mainly focused on its PHY layer design …

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have the potential of being a cost effective solution to
provide connectivity and coverage in both urban and rural areas. Typically, a WMN is a …

Time division multiple access (TDMA) based medium access control (MAC) protocols can
provide QoS with guaranteed access to the wireless channel. However, in multi-hop …

Over the past decade, the world has witnessed an explosion in the development and
deployment of new wireless network technologies. From cellular mobile telephony to the …

(57) ABSTRACT A wireless communication system is provided that has at least three nodes
arranged in a multi-hop ultra wide band (UWB) communication network Such that …