Beamforming in Ad hoc networks: MAC design and performance modeling

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BEAM-FORMING TECHNIQUES; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; FADING ENVIRONMENTS; IEEE 802.11 MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTI PATHS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERFORMANCE MODELING; PHYSICAL CHANNELS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RADIO RESOURCES; SATURATION THROUGHPUTS; SMART ANTENNA SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; SMART ANTENNAS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 65349143648     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: 16871499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/839421     Document Type: Article

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