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JSAC
2008
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15 years 5 months ago
Cross-Layer Based Opportunistic MAC Protocols for QoS Provisionings Over Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks
We propose the cross-layer based opportunistic multi-channel medium access control (MAC) protocols, which integrate the spectrum sensing at physical (PHY) layer with the packet sch...
Hang Su, Xi Zhang
TON
2010
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14 years 12 months ago
MAC Scheduling With Low Overheads by Learning Neighborhood Contention Patterns
Aggregate traffic loads and topology in multi-hop wireless networks may vary slowly, permitting MAC protocols to `learn' how to spatially coordinate and adapt contention patte...
Yung Yi, Gustavo de Veciana, Sanjay Shakkottai
SIES
2010
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
An Energy-Aware Algorithm for TDMA MAC Protocols in Real-Time Wireless Networks
Abstract--In distributed embedded systems operated by battery, energy management is a critical issue that has to be addressed at different architecture levels. For systems that tig...
Gianluca Franchino, Giorgio C. Buttazzo, Mauro Mar...
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
A Distributed Multi-User MIMO MAC Protocol for Wireless Local Area Networks
— Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have been emerging and attracting considerable attention recently for its potential to substantially improve system cap...
Lin X. Cai, Hangguan Shan, Weihua Zhuang, Xuemin S...
JSAC
2007
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15 years 5 months ago
CoopMAC: A Cooperative MAC for Wireless LANs
— Due to the broadcast nature of wireless signals, a wireless transmission intended for a particular destination station can be overheard by other neighboring stations. A focus o...
Pei Liu, Zhifeng Tao, Sathya Narayanan, Thanasis K...