A survey of MAC issues for TV white space access

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-218

  Han, You ^a   Ekici, Eylem ^a   Kremo, Haris ^b   Altintas, Onur ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Toyota InfoTechnology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

TV white space Cognitive radio Medium access control Survey Open research issues

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO; SURVEYS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PRIMARY USERS; RESEARCH ISSUES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TV WHITE SPACES;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84921599457     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2014.11.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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