part PART I: ARCHITECTURES -- chapter 1 WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS / chapter 2 MULTIRADIO MULTICHANNEL MESH NETWORKS / chapter 3 IEEE 802.11-BASED WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / part PART II: PROTOCOLS -- chapter 4 ROUTING IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 5 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 6 SECURITY IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 7 SCALABILITY IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 8 LOAD BALANCING IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 9 CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION FOR SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 10 MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS OVER WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / chapter 11 MULTIPLE ANTENNA TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS / part PART III: STANDARDIZATION AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES -- chapter 12 STANDARDIZATION OF WIRELESS LAN MESH NETWORKS IN IEEE 802.11s / chapter 13 IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Mesh Networking / chapter 14 COGNITIVE RADIO AND DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT / chapter 15 WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS CASE STUDY: FIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MARKET ANALYSIS / chapter 16 WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND DISASTER RECOVERY APPLICATIONS