Buffer-aided cooperative communications: Opportunities and challenges

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 146-153

  Zlatanov, Nikola ^a   Ikhlef, Aissa ^b   Islam, Toufiqul ^a   Schober, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Toshiba Research Europe Limited   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; CONVENTIONAL RELAYING; COOPERATIVE NETWORKS; HALF-DUPLEX RELAY; LIMITING PERFORMANCE; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RELAYING PROTOCOLS; RELAYS WITH BUFFERS;

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84900435977     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6807959     Document Type: Article

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