Optimal rate and beam-width control in wireless ad-hoc networks with directional antennas

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4943-4948

  Ehsan, Navid ^a   Cruz, Rene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMWIDTHS; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; TRANSMISSION RATE;

ANTENNAS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DATA TRANSFER RATES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 38549175261     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2007.816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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