Wi-Fi, but not on Steroids: Performance analysis of a Wi-Fi-like Network operating in TVWS under realistic conditions

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1533-1538

  Simic, Ljiljana ^a   Petrova, Marina ^a   Mahonen, Petri ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; BROADBAND SERVICE; CHANNEL AVAILABILITY; ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RANGES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; POWER BUDGETS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; RELIABLE CONNECTIONS; SECONDARY SYSTEM; SECONDARY USE; SYSTEM CAPACITY; THROUGH WALLS; TV WHITE SPACES; UHF SPECTRUM; USER DEMANDS; USER DENSITY; WI-FI DEPLOYMENT; WIFI HOTSPOTS;

LIPIDS; RURAL AREAS;

WI-FI;

EID: 84871975555     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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