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Image of radiating antenna This page is frequently updated.  This version is dated 3 December 2004.
Maintained by L. E. Miller (LMiller at NIST dot GOV)

This page provides links to our online resources for network analysis. Links that are external to NIST do not imply endorsement of any particular product, service, organization, company, information provider, or content.

Catalog of network models and their properties

Gallery of network artwork!   GIF and Visio files for downloading.

Survey of graph theory as it applies to ad hoc networks, plus reliability of ad hoc networks. Electronic version of J.J. Kelleher, "Tactical Communications Network Modelling and Reliability Analysis: An Overview", AD-A245339

White paper on efficient calculation of the s-t reliability of networks with nodes and links that can fail.

Derivation of blocking probabilities used in telephone traffic theory (Erlang B, Erlang C, Bernoulli, etc.). Extracted and adapted from L. E. Miller, "Models for MSE Traffic and Blocking Under Stress," AD-B166477.  REQUIRES version 5 or later of Acrobat Reader to display fonts correctly.
     Calculator for blocking probabilities.
    See also Prof. K. S. Trivedi's online cellular loss (blocking) calculator.

White paper on the relevance of Small World graphs to communication networks.

Recommendation: Here's our favorite of the recent papers on mobile network analysis: P. Samar, S.B. Wicker, "On the Behavior of Communication Links of a Node in a Multi-Hop Mobile Environment," Proc. MobiHoc 2004. online

Wireless Ad Hoc Networks homepage


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