Contention window based parameter selection to improve powerline MAC efficiency for large number of users

2006 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, ISPLC'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 189-193

  Tripathi, Kartikeya ^a   Lee, Jong Dae ^a   Latchman, Haniph ^a   McNair, Janise ^a   Katar, Srinivas ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Intellon Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

CSMA CA; Medium Access Control (MAC); Powerline Communications (PLC); Saturation throughput

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; USER INTERFACES;

BROADBAND POWER LINE (BPL); POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); SATURATION THROUGHPUT;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 36249017933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/isplc.2006.247459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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