MIMO ad hoc networks: Medium access control, saturation throughput, and optimal hop distance

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-330

  Hu, Ming ^a   Zhang, Junshan ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Hop distance; Medium access control; MIMO; Saturation throughput; Spatial diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); USER INTERFACES;

AD HOC NETWORKS; HOP DISTANCE; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MIMO; SATURATION THROUGHPUT (ST); SPATIAL DIVERSITY;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 11144256497     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2004.6596833     Document Type: Review

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