The impact of wireless radio fluctuations on ad hoc network performance

Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 594-601

  Schmitz, Ralf ^a,b   Torrent Moreno, Marc ^c   Hartenstein, Hannes ^c   Effelsberg, Wolfgang ^b  

^a NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ad hoc network performance; Link stability; Radio fluctuations; Topological change rate

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORK PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL STRENGTH FLUCTUATION; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGE RATES (TCR); WIRELESS RADIO FLUCTUATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FADING (RADIO); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 20544438986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2004.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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