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Medium Access Control in Cooperative Networks

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Most works in the literature on cooperative communications have focused mainly on the physical layer aspects such as coding, modulation, MIMO signal processing techniques etc, as described in the previous chapters. However, in practical systems, there may be multiple users that have the need to access the channel and therefore a proper design of medium access control (MAC) protocols is necessary to fully exploit the diversity advantages in cooperative networks. In this chapter, we discuss how MAC layer protocols can be modified to incorporate cooperation in the physical layer and what are the advantages of cooperation when viewed from a MAC layer perspective. These studies involve the consideration of stochastic packet arrivals, queueing dynamics, and user interactions.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Kuang-Fu Rd. Section 2 101, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Y.-W. Peter Hong

  2. Institute of Comm. Engin., National Sun Yat-Sen University, Lien-Hai Road 70, 80424, Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Wan-Jen Huang

  3. Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, McClintock Ave. 3740, 90089-2564, Los Angeles, California, USA

    C.-C. Jay Kuo

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Hong, YW.P., Huang, WJ., Kuo, CC.J. (2010). Medium Access Control in Cooperative Networks. In: Cooperative Communications and Networking. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7194-4_8

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