A spread-spectrum MAC protocol for impulse-radio networks

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 665-669

  Kumar, Nishant ^a   Venkatesh, Swaroop ^a   Buehrer, R Michael ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; CODES (SYMBOLS); IMPULSE NOISE; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK LAYERS; RADIO; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY; CODE ASSIGNMENTS; MAC LAYER PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; PHYSICAL LAYERS; SPREAD SPECTRUM SCHEMES; SPREADING CODES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 41149179786     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2005.1557996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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