A tradeoff between single-user and multi-user MIMO schemes in multi-rate uplink WLANs

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3332-3342

  Jin, Hu ^a   Jung, Bang Chul ^b   Sung, Dan Keun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11n; multi packet reception; multi rate WLAN; multi user MIMO

Indexed keywords

DECISION CRITERIONS; IEEE 802.11N; MAC LAYER; MAXIMUM THROUGH-PUT; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MIMO MULTIPLEXING; MU-MIMO; MULTI RATE; MULTI-USER MIMO; MULTIPACKET RECEPTION; MULTIPLE-SYMBOL; PHYSICAL LAYERS; SINGLE USERS; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES; WLAN SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MIMO SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING; RADIO INTERFERENCE; STANDARDS; THROUGHPUT;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 80855138013     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2011.080311.101980     Document Type: Article

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