Performance analysis of uncoordinated Medium Access Control in Low Data Rate UWB networks

2nd International Conference on Broadband Networks, BROADNETS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1129-1135

  De Nardis, L ^a,b   Giancola, G ^a,b   Di Benedetto, M G ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low data rate; MAC; Ultra wide band

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION;

LOW DATA RATE; MAC; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; ULTRA WIDE BAND;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33847048643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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