Design issues of self-organizing broadband wireless networks are examined i
n this paper. As centralized solutions suffer from many inherent disadvanta
ges, the responsibilities of organizing and controlling self-organizing net
works should be fully distributed among wireless stations themselves. Wirel
ess channel oriented adhoc multihop broadband (W-CHAMB) ideas that meet QoS
demands for high performance services and realize statistical multiplexing
of bursty traffic in a fully distributed and efficient manner are describe
d in detail. The superiority of the performance of the W-CHAMB network can
be seen in comparison with that of packet-oriented IEEE 802.11 WLAN. The hi
dden station problem is completely resolved by means of the energy signal (
E-signal) solution. The performance gain of the E-signal solution over the
RTS/CTS mechanism is evaluated through computer simulation, Finally, the ef
fect of network connectivity on the traffic performance is discussed. (C) 2
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