The alohanet - Surfing for wireless data

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Abramson, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOHA SYSTEMS; ANECDOTAL ACCOUNTS; ARPANET; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; COLLISION DETECTION; CSMA/CA; CSMA/CD; DATA NETWORK; INTERNET CONNECTION; INTERNET TRAFFIC; LOS ANGELES; MOBILE NETWORKS; NASA SATELLITE; RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL; SATELLITE DATA; TEM; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TWO-WAY SATELLITES; UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII; WIRELESS DATA; WIRELESS DATA NETWORKS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NASA; SATELLITES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; WIMAX;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 72949088707     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.5350363     Document Type: Article

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