Interference analysis for highly directional 60-GHz mesh networks: The case for rethinking medium access control

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1513-1527

  Singh, Sumit ^a,b   Mudumbai, Raghuraman ^c   Madhow, Upamanyu ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Moseley Wireless Solutions Group   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

60 GHz networks; interference analysis; medium access control (MAC); millimeter (mm) wave networks; wireless mesh networks

Indexed keywords

60-GHZ NETWORKS; INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); MILLIMETER (MM)-WAVE; WIRELESS MESH;

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR ARRAYS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SCHEDULING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

MESH NETWORKING;

EID: 80054121708     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2011.2122343     Document Type: Article

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