In this paper, we first propose an analytical model of WLANs (Wireless LANs) with an arbitrary backoff distribution and AIFS (Arbitration Inter-Frame Space). From the analysis, we ...
We deal with the concept of physical-layer fairness in amplify and forward cooperative diversity systems, which reflects the need for equally allocating the consumed power among th...
Diomidis S. Michalopoulos, George K. Karagiannidis
— Extending lifetime of battery-operated devices is a key design issue that allows uninterrupted information exchange among distributed nodes in wireless networks. Cooperative co...
Thanongsak Himsoon, W. Pam Siriwongpairat, Zhu Han...
—Dynamic spectrum allocation has proven promising for mitigating the spectrum scarcity problem. In this model, primary users lease chunks of under-utilized spectrum to secondary ...
Multicast enables efficient data transmission from one source to multiple destinations, and has been playing an important role in Internet multimedia applications. Although sever...