POWMAC: A single-channel power-control protocol for throughput enhancement in wireless ad hoc networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1067-1084

  Muqattash, Alaa ^a   Krunz, Marwan ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; POWER CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO INTERFERENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; THROUGHPUT; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; IEEE 802.11; THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL (TPC);

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 19544376486     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2005.845422     Document Type: Article

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