Connectivity analysis of wireless ad hoc networks with beamforming

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5247-5257

  Zhou, Xiangyun ^a   Durrani, Salman ^a   Jones, Haley M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Connectivity; Effective coverage area; Shadowing; Wireless ad hoc networks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CHANNEL PATH LOSS; CONNECTIVITY; CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; COVERAGE AREA; EFFECTIVE COVERAGE AREA; LOCAL NETWORKS; MAIN BEAMS; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NODE ISOLATION; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; PATH LOSS; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; PATH PROBABILITY; RANDOM BEAMFORMING; SYSTEM DESIGNERS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATORS; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 70450179020     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2026049     Document Type: Article

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