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The wireless communications landscape is anticipated to offer new service levels following the introduction of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum to consumer electronics. With their broad bandwidths and corresponding multi-Gbps data…

The rapid development of 5G communication technology has given birth to various real-time broadband communication services, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and cloud games. Compared with traditional services, consumers…

Wireless communications at the chip scale emerge as a interesting complement to traditional wire-based approaches thanks to their low latency, inherent broadcast nature, and capacity to bypass pin constraints. However, as current trends…

Thanks to its simplicity and cost efficiency, wireless local area network (WLAN) enjoys unique advantages in providing high-speed and low-cost wireless services in hot spots and indoor environments. Traditional WLAN medium-access-control…

The network protocol architecture not only can be designed from the traditional view of layers, but also can be designed from the view of planes, i.e., the data, control and management planes. Media access control (MAC) is a function of the…

The physical layer (PHY) in wireless communication systems has traditionally relied on model-based methods that are often optimized individually as independent blocks to perform tasks such as modulation, coding, and channel estimation.…

Security at the physical layer (PHY) is a salient research topic in wireless systems, and machine learning (ML) is emerging as a powerful tool for providing new data-driven security solutions. Therefore, the application of ML techniques to…

This paper presents an empirical discussion on the design and implementation of a power-efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for in-body and on-body sensor networks. We analyze the performance of a beacon-enabled IEEE 802.15.4,…

The enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mechanism enables IEEE 802.11p to accommodate differential quality of service (QoS) levels in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, through four access categories (ACs). This paper presents…

In this paper, the fundamental throughput limits and extremums of the invariant criteria of energy, power and spectral efficiency of the physical layer (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) sublayer are proved. The invariant criteria are…

In this article, we present a multi-tool method for the development and the analysis of a new medium access method. IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee technology has been used as a basis for this new determinist MAC layer which enables a high level of…

This paper proposes a cross-layer based cognitive radio multichannel medium access control (MAC) protocol with TDMA, which integrate the spectrum sensing at physical (PHY) layer and the packet scheduling at MAC layer, for the ad hoc…

In this paper, we propose a cross-layer analytical model for the study of Network Coding (NC)-based Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols in correlated slow faded (shadowed) environments, where two end nodes…

Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) has emerged as a promising solution for providing last mile internet access technology to provide high speed internet access to the users in the residential as well as in the small and medium sized enterprise…

IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.3 are wireless standards originally designed for wireless local area network (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (WPAN). This paper studies MAC throughput analysis of both standards. We present a…

Recent work has shown the feasibility of single-channel full-duplex wireless physical layer, allowing nodes to send and receive in the same frequency band at the same time. In this report, we first design and implement a real-time…

The last few decades have seen considerable research progress in microelectronics and integrated circuits, system-on-chip design, wireless communication, and sensor technology. This progress has enabled the seamless integration of…

IEEE 802.11ay defines new PHY and MAC specifications that enable 100 Gbps communications in the 60 GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. Among the various use cases supported by IEEE 802.11ay, fixed wireless access, a cost-efficient…

Today's industrial sensor networks require strong reliability and guarantees on messages delivery. These needs are even more important in real time applications like control/command, such as robotic wireless communications where strong…

IEEE 802.16m amends the IEEE 802.16 Wireless MAN-OFDMA specification to provide an advanced air interface for operation in licenced bands. It will meet the cellular layer requirements of IMT-Advanced next generation mobile networks. It will…