Analytical evaluation on the performance of ad hoc networks when using beamforming techniques

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2337-2342

  Fakih, Khalil ^a   Diouris, Jean Francois ^a   Andrieux, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Ad hoc network; Beamforming; Saturation throughput

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; BEAMFORMING; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC NETWORK; SATURATION THROUGHPUT;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 51249107302     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2008.445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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