A low-delay MAC solution for MIMO ad hoc networks

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Rossetto, Francesco ^a   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; MAC protocols; MIMO; Space time coding

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; ITERATIVE DECODING; MIM DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS; CONTROL PACKETS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; KEY ELEMENTS; LOW DELAYS; MAC PROTOCOLS; MIMO; MIMO AD-HOC NETWORKS; MULTI ANTENNAS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; RADIO COVERAGES; SPACE TIME CODING; SPACE-TIME CODES;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 61349143214     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-WC.2009.080662     Document Type: Article

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