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    V.C. Gungor

  2. University of Calabria, Italy

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Gungor, V., Natalizio, E., Pace, P., Avallone, S. (2008). Challenges and Issues in Designing Architectures and Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks. In: Hossain, E., Leung, K. (eds) Wireless Mesh Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68839-8_1

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