A multiple relay-based medium access control protocol in multirate wireless ad hoc networks with multiple beam antennas

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-632

  Chen, Yuh Shyan ^a   Hsu, Chih Shun ^b   Chen, Po Ta ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Medium access control; Multiple beam antennas; Multirate; Relay; Wireless ad hoc networks

Indexed keywords

BURST PERIOD; DATA CHANNELS; DESTINATION NODES; HIGH DATA RATE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION; LOW DATA RATE LINKS; LOW DATA RATES; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MOBILE NODES; MULTI RATE; MULTI-RATE CAPABILITY; MULTIPLE BEAM; MULTIPLE BEAM ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE DATA; PHYSICAL LAYERS; RELAY; RELAY NODE; RELAY-BASED MAC; SIMULATION RESULT; SOURCE NODES; SPATIAL REUSE; SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT;

AD HOC NETWORKS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77951775469     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1094     Document Type: Article

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