In defense of wireless carrier sense

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Brodsky, Micah Z ^a   Morris, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Carrier sense; CSMA; Medium access control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; AVERAGE CASE; BIT RATES; CARRIER SENSE; EXPOSED TERMINAL; LARGE PARTS; NOISE FLOOR; RADIO PROPAGATION; SHANNON CAPACITY; SPATIAL REUSE; THEORETICAL MODELS; WIRELESS CARRIERS; WIRELESS MEDIUM ACCESS;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; RADIO WAVES; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70450237784     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1594977.1592587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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