The effect of using directional antennas on adjacent channel interference in 802.11a: Modeling and experience with an outdoors testbed

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 24-29

  Angelakis, Vangelis ^a   Kossifidis, Nikos ^a   Papadakis, Stefanos ^a   Siris, Vasilios ^a   Traganitis, Apostolos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

802.11a; ACI; Antenna; Multi radio; Testbed

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ISOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

802.11A; ACI; ADJACENT CHANNEL INTERFERENCE; ANTENNA; CHANNEL SEPARATION; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MEDIUM RANGE; MULTI-RADIO; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; OUTPUT POWERS; PHYSICAL SEPARATIONS; SYSTEMATIC SET; TEST BEDS; TESTBED; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIRELESS TESTBED;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 51949087052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WIOPT.2008.4586029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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