Load adaptive MAC: A hybrid MAC protocol for MIMO SDR MANETs

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3924-3933

  Hu, Weihong ^a   Yousefi'zadeh, Homayoun ^a   Li, Xiaolong ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

CSMA; GNU radio; hybrid MAC; MANET; MIMO; SDR; TDMA; USRP

Indexed keywords

GNU RADIO; HYBRID MAC; MANET; SDR; USRP;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; FADING (RADIO); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MIMO SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; RADIO; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 83555168214     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2011.091411.110297     Document Type: Article

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