Cooperative network implementation using open-source platforms

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-141

  Korakis, Thanasis ^a   Knox, Michael ^a   Erkip, Elza ^a   Panwar, Shivendra S ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver circuits; Media Access Protocol; Microprogramming; Protocols; Relays; Throughput; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MICROPROGRAMMING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TESTBEDS; THROUGHPUT;

COOPERATIVE TECHNIQUES; DRIVER CIRCUIT; MEDIA ACCESS PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK; OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORMS; RELAYS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 62149134138     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.4785391     Document Type: Article

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