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A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities

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A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities. / Palmer, William; McCarthy, Ben; Edwards, Christopher.
Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2009. WTS 2009. IEEE, 2009. p. 1-8.

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Palmer, W, McCarthy, B & Edwards, C 2009, A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities. in Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2009. WTS 2009. IEEE, pp. 1-8, The Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2009), Praque, Czech Republic, 22/04/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/WTS.2009.5068955

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Palmer, W., McCarthy, B., & Edwards, C. (2009). A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities. In Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2009. WTS 2009 (pp. 1-8). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WTS.2009.5068955

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Palmer W, McCarthy B, Edwards C. A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities. In Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2009. WTS 2009. IEEE. 2009. p. 1-8 doi: 10.1109/WTS.2009.5068955

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Palmer, William ; McCarthy, Ben ; Edwards, Christopher. / A comparison of MANET emulation techniques for the production of a realistic testbed with global communication capabilities. Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, 2009. WTS 2009. IEEE, 2009. pp. 1-8

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