On using multidimensional Markov chains for performance evaluation of hybrid wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1496-1510

  Manoj, B S ^a,b   Ranganath, V Mythili Ranganath ^c   Siva Ram Murthy, C ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Multidimensional Markov chains; Multihop relaying; Performance evaluation; Wireless in Local Loop

Indexed keywords

MULTIDIMENSIONAL MARKOV CHAINS; MULTIHOP RELAYING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; WIRELESS IN LOCAL LOOP;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33947395171     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2006.176     Document Type: Article

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