BMAC: Beamformed MAC protocol with channel tracker in MANET using smart antennas

Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Technology, ECWT 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 185-188

  Fakih, K ^a   Diouris, J F ^a   Andrieux, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; MAC protocol

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; BEAMFORMING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SMART ANTENNAS;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHANNEL TRACKERS; NETWORK CAPACITY;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 41549154729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECWT.2006.280466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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