—Uplink-Downlink imbalance is a characteristic of all wireless networks which greatly impacts system performance, and must be accounted for in system design and simulation. Howev...
The integration of different wireless access technologies combined with the huge characteristic diversity of supported services in next-generation systems creates a real heterogen...
Cooperative relaying methods can improve wireless links, but introduce overhead due to relay selection and resource reservation compared to non-cooperative transmission. In order t...
Helmut Adam, Wilfried Elmenreich, Christian Bettst...
Recently, user mobility in wireless data networks is increasing because of the popularity of portable devices and the desire for voice and multimedia applications. These applicati...
Mohamed Kassab, Abdelfattah Belghith, Jean-Marie B...
—In this paper, we propose a novel protocol called VC-MAC that utilizes the concept of cooperative communication tailored for vehicular networks, especially for gateway downloadi...