A novel IEEE 802.11-based MAC protocol supporting cooperative communications

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1480-1495

  Liu, Wei ^a   Jin, Huan ^a   Wang, Xinbing ^a   Guizani, Mohsen ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

802.11; cooperative; MAC; protocol

Indexed keywords

802.11; BACKWARD COMPATIBLE; BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; CHANNEL FADING; CO-OPERATIVE DIVERSITY; COOPERATIVE; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; IEEE 802.11S; MAC; MAC LAYER; MAC PROTOCOL; PACKET ERROR RATES; PHYSICAL LAYERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTOCOL; RELAY NODE; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPATIAL DIVERSITY GAIN; TIME SLOTS; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL ANTENNA ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 81255163022     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1235     Document Type: Article

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