Enhancing the performance of random access MAC protocols for low-cost SDRs

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 9-16

  Puschmann, André ^a   Di Francesco, Paolo ^b   Kalil, Mohamed A ^a   DaSilva, Luiz A ^b   Mitschele Thiel, Andreas ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CSMA; Iris; Latency; MAC; Performance analysis; Software defined radio; USRP

Indexed keywords

IRIS; LATENCY; MAC; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; USRP;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COSTS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO; SOFTWARE RADIO; TESTBEDS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84887257837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2505469.2505481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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