On the impact of a more realistic physical layer on MANET simulations results

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-78

  Stepanov, Illya ^a   Rothermel, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Geographic information systems; Mobile communication; Simulation; UHF propagation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

MANET SIMULATIONS; NETWORK SIMULATION TOOLS; REALISTIC PHYSICAL LAYER; UHF PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TRANSMISSION ERRORS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 34548830801     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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