Performance of an aggregation-based MAC protocol for high-data-rate ultrawideband ad hoc networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 312-321

  Lu, Kejie ^a   Wu, Dapeng ^a   Qian, Yi ^b   Fang, Yuguang ^b   Qiu, Robert Caiming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); Burst frame; Delay; Medium access control (MAC); Throughput; Timing acquisition; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

BURST FRAME; TIMING ACQUISITION; ULTRAWIDEBAND AD HOC NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 33847626624     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2006.883752     Document Type: Article

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