Blockage robust and efficient scheduling for directional mmWave WPANs

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 728-742

  Niu, Yong ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Jin, Depeng ^a   Su, Li ^a   Wu, Dapeng ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockage; directivity; millimeter wave communications; spatial reuse

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

BANDWIDTH-INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS; BLOCKAGE; DIRECTIONAL MEDIUM-ACCESS-CONTROL; DIRECTIVITY; MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION; SPATIAL REUSE; TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 84923169589     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2322660     Document Type: Article

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