| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Franceschetti, Massimo
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| Author's Email Address |
massimo AT paradise.caltech.edu |
| URN |
etd-05202003-154451 |
| Persistent URL |
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05202003-154451 |
| Title |
Wireless networks, from collective behavior to the physics of propagation |
| Degree |
PhD |
| Option |
Electrical Engineering |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Babak Hassibi |
Committee Member |
| Jehoshua Bruck |
Committee Member |
| Leonard Schulman |
Committee Member |
| Robert McEliece |
Committee Member |
| Yaser Abu Mostafa |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- covering algorithms
- percolation theory
- Wireless networks
- path loss
- wave propagation
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| Date of Defense |
2002-10-02 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This thesis addresses some of the key challenges in the emerging wireless scenario. It focuses on the problems of connectivity, coverage, and wave propagation, following a mathematically rigorous approach. The questions addressed are very basic and extremely easy to state. Their solution, however, can be difficult and leads to the development of a new kind of percolation theory, to a new theorem in geometry, and to a new model of wave propagation in urban environments. The problems are connected together to provide guidelines in the design of wireless networks.
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