This work deals with joint PHY-MAC cross-layer designs in wireless ad hoc networks. The goal of a joint design is to exploit the advantages of the respective physical layer technique regarding multiple access interference suppression. This is achieved with an appropriate MAC protocol. Within this work, the physical layer technologies investigated are multiuser detection at the receivers, power control at the transmitters, and multiple antenna signal processing technologies (MIMO). The work investigates existing cross-layer designs regarding their practical functionality. One outcome is that generally power control based cross-layer designs show strong disadvantages compared with multiuser detection based cross-layer designs. Further, new cross-layer designs for different MIMO signal processing technologies are proposed. These protocols avoid known disadvantages from existing approaches and are fully applicable in fading environments.
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This work deals with joint PHY-MAC cross-layer designs in wireless ad hoc networks. The goal of a joint design is to exploit the advantages of the respective physical layer technique regarding multiple access interference suppression. This is achieved with an appropriate MAC protocol. Within this work, the physical layer technologies investigated are multiuser detection at the receivers, power control at the transmitters, and multiple antenna signal processing technologies (MIMO). The work inves...
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