FreeMAC: Framework for multi-channel mac development on 802.11 hardware

SIGCOMM 2008 Conference and the Co-located Workshops - PRESTO'08: Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Programmable Routers for Extensible Services of Tomorrow

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-74

  Sharma, Ashish ^a   Belding, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Mac; Medium access; Multi channel; Tdma; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

API FUNCTIONS; CHANNEL SWITCHING; COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS; CROSS-LAYER INTERACTIONS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTHS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUMS; GENERAL CLASS; IN NETWORKS; LINUX SYSTEMS; MAC; MAC PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS; MULTI CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTI-CHANNEL MACS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PACKET TRANSMISSIONS; PERIODIC OPERATIONS; PROGRAMMABILITY; PROOF OF CONCEPTS; RADIO CONFIGURATIONS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; TDMA; TIMING REQUIREMENTS; WIRELESS DEVICES; WIRELESS-NETWORKING PROTOCOLS;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; FIRMWARE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RADIO; RADIO COMMUNICATION; ROUTERS; SCHEDULING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 65249151296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1397718.1397734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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