Impacts of channel variability on link-level throughput in wireless networks

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Koksal, Can Emre ^a   Jamieson, Kyle ^a,b   Telatar, Emre ^a   Thiran, Patrick ^a  

^a EPFL ^*  (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel modelling; Channel variability; Link estimation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODELING; CHANNEL VARIABILITY; LINK ESTIMATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL CAPACITY; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33750371488     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: 01635999     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1140103.1140285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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