MAC layer issues and challenges of using smart antennas with 802.11

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3169-3173

  Jose, Bobby ^a   Yin, Hujun ^a   Mehrotra, Praveen ^a   Casas, Ed ^a  

^a Vivato R and D   (United States)

Author keywords

802.11; ACK Suicide; Beam forming; DCF; Hidden Beam; Hidden Terminal; Smart Antennas; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ANTENNAS; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; SMART ANTENNAS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ACK SUICIDE; BEAM-FORMING; DCF; HIDDEN BEAM; HIDDEN-TERMINAL; SMART ANTENNAS; 802.11 MAC PROTOCOL; HIDDEN TERMINAL; HIDDEN TERMINAL PROBLEMS; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; MARKET PENETRATION; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 4143068969     PISSN: 07400551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/vetecf.2003.1286217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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