Wireless MAC processors: Programming MAC protocols on commodity hardware

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1269-1277

  Tinnirello, I ^a   Bianchi, G ^b   Gallo, P ^a   Garlisi, D ^a   Giuliano, F ^a   Gringoli, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive radio; programmable MAC; reconfigurability; WLAN 802.11

Indexed keywords

802.11 WLANS; BROADCOM; CHIPSET; COMMODITY HARDWARE; EXECUTION ENGINE; MAC PROTOCOL; PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE; PROGRAMMABLE MAC; RECONFIGURABILITY; RUNTIMES; STATE MACHINE; WIRELESS ACCESS; WIRELESS MAC; WIRELESS PLATFORM; WLAN 802.11;

COGNITIVE RADIO; FIRMWARE; HARDWARE;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84861598663     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2012.6195488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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