Downlink throughput enhancement of IEEE 802.11a/g using SDMA with a multi-antenna access point

Signal Processing

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1896-1910

  Kuzminskiy, Alexandr M ^a   Reza Karimi, Hamid ^a   Morgan, Dennis R ^b   Papadias, Constantinos B ^b   Avidor, Dan ^b   Ling, Jonathan ^b  

^a Bell Laboratories UK   (United Kingdom)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11a g; Legacy terminal; Multi antenna access point; Space division multiple access (SDMA)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEGACY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; THROUGHPUT;

DOWNLINK CAPACITY; IEEE 802.11A/G; LEGACY TERMINAL; MULTI-ANTENNA ACCESS POINT;

SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 33744530322     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2005.09.032     Document Type: Article

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