Assigning channels by link directionality in a medium access control protocol for IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks

IET Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1736-1746

  Ng, P C ^a   Edwards, D J ^a   Liew, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

802.11 PROTOCOLS; CAPACITY ANALYSIS; CHANNEL ALLOCATION; DUAL CHANNEL; IEEE 802.11 PROTOCOLS; IEEE 802.11S; IRREGULAR TOPOLOGY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; RANDOM TOPOLOGY; SENSING REGION; SINGLE CHANNELS; SINGLE-CHANNEL; THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT; TWO CHANNEL;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 71049170066     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2008.0522     Document Type: Article

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