Introduction and overview of Wireless Mesh Networks, Evolution of Wireless Mesh Networks, Architectural issues in Wireless Mesh Networks, Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks, Layerwise Protocol design issues in Wireless Mesh Networks, MAC layer protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks, Network layer protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks, Transport layer protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks, Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks, Wide Area Wireless Mesh Networks, Design issues for Wide Area Wireless Mesh Networks, Resource allocation problems in Wireless Mesh Networks, Hybrid wireless mesh networks including WiMAX networks, and Layer‐wise open research problems on protocol design for Wireless Mesh Networks.

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