Medium access control for 60 GHz outdoor mesh networks with highly directional links

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2871-2875

  Mudumbai, R ^a   Singh, S ^a   Madhow, U ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ BAND; BEAM WIDTHS; CARRIER FREQUENCY; HALF-DUPLEX; INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; MESH NETWORK; MILLIMETER (MM)-WAVE; MM WAVES; NARROW BEAMS; NEIGHBORING NODES; OXYGEN ABSORPTION; PATH LOSS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; SIMULATION RESULT; UNCOORDINATED TRANSMISSION;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; OXYGEN;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 70349667693     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2009.5062249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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