Wireless Networks, from Collective Behavior to the Physics of Propagation

Author: Franceschetti, Massimo

Year: 2003

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Bruck, Jehoshua

Committee Members: McEliece, Robert J.; Hassibi, Babak; Bruck, Jehoshua; Schulman, Leonard J.; Abu-Mostafa, Yaser S.

Option: Electrical Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/SCTG-FN57

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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