Declaration of Authorship
This is to clarify that, this thesis titled ‘Design and investigation of scalable multicast
recursive protocols for wired and wireless ad hoc networks’ and the work presented in it are
my own. I confirm that:
J Where any part of this thesis has previously been submitted for a degree or any other
qualification at this University or any other institution, this has been clearly stated;
J Where I have consulted the published work of others, this is always clearly attributed;
J Where I have quoted from the work of others, the source is always given. With the
exception of such quotations, this thesis is entirely my own work;
J I have acknowledged all main sources of help;
J Where the thesis is based on work done by myself jointly with others, I have made
clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself;
Signed: ..................................................................................
Date: ......................................................................................
Director of studies:
Prof. Khalid Al-Begain.
Director of Integrated Communications Research Centre
Faculty of Advanced Technology
University of Glamorgan, UK
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