MAC-layer concurrent beamforming protocol for indoor millimeter-wave networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 327-338

  Qiao, Jian ^a   Shen, Xuemin ^a   Mark, Jon W ^a   He, Yejun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beamforming; concurrent transmissions; medium access control (MAC); millimeter wave (mmWave) communications; setup time

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; BEAMFORMING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTIMIZATION;

CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION; ITERATIVE SEARCHING; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL(MAC); MILLIMETER WAVES (MMWAVE); MUTUAL INTERFERENCE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SET-UP TIME;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84921348358     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2320830     Document Type: Article

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