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A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. / Ajayi, Ayomide Olanrewaju; Roedig, Utz; Edwards, Christopher et al.
Wireless and Mobile, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on. IEEE, 2014. p. 119-125 14664869.

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Ajayi, AO, Roedig, U, Edwards, C & Race, N 2014, A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. in Wireless and Mobile, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on., 14664869, IEEE, pp. 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

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Ajayi, A. O., Roedig, U., Edwards, C., & Race, N. (2014). A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. In Wireless and Mobile, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on (pp. 119-125). Article 14664869 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

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Ajayi AO, Roedig U, Edwards C, Race N. A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. In Wireless and Mobile, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on. IEEE. 2014. p. 119-125. 14664869 doi: 10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

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Ajayi, Ayomide Olanrewaju ; Roedig, Utz ; Edwards, Christopher et al. / A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. Wireless and Mobile, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on. IEEE, 2014. pp. 119-125

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