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What is Cross-Layer Design

Chapter 609
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Here, information from one layer in the network stack is made available to another layer(s). For instance, the MAC layer may exchange information to the network layer or vice versa in order to improve the routing metric calculation, or the overall routing performance.
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Exploiting DHT's Properties to Improve the Scalability of Mesh Networks
Silvio Sampaio (IDMEC, University of Porto, Portugal) and Francisco Vasques (University of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch609
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Chapter 62
Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
A protocol design that leverages on the interactions and dependencies between different layers of the networking protocol stack to achieve better performance. MANET (mobile ad hoc network)—self-configuring and self-maintaining network in which nodes are autonomous and distributed in nature.
Published in Chapter: Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
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Chapter 40
Exploiting P2P Solutions in Telecommunication Service Delivery Platforms
it is a technical approach that implies optimizing the design parameters of various protocol layers into a single coherent way, thus aiming at a global optimization of the network.
Published in Chapter: Exploiting P2P Solutions in Telecommunication Service Delivery Platforms; From: Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications
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Chapter 5
Denial-of-Service and Botnet Analysis, Detection, and Mitigation
A protocol design that leverages on the interactions and dependencies between different layers of the networking protocol stacks to achieve better performance. MANET (mobile ad hoc network)—self-configuring and self-maintaining network in which nodes are autonomous and distributed in nature.
Published in Chapter: Denial-of-Service and Botnet Analysis, Detection, and Mitigation; From: Forensic Investigations and Risk Management in Mobile and Wireless Communications
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