Demodulator Statistics for Channel Access and Adaptive Spreading in Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Packet Radio Networks

Author

Boyd, Steven W. ; Pursley, Michael B. ; Russell, Harlan B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, USA

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

560

Lastpage

568

Abstract

New distributed protocols for channel access and adaptive spreading are described and evaluated for use in direct-sequence spread-spectrum packet radio networks that have no central controllers, access points, or base stations. The protocols rely on demodulator statistics to provide the information needed for efficient sharing of the frequency band and compensation for changes in the communications environment in a network of half-duplex radios for which simultaneous two-way communications is not possible.

Keywords

access protocols; code division multiple access; demodulators; packet radio networks; radio access networks; spread spectrum communication; wireless channels; adaptive spreading; channel access; demodulator statistics; direct sequence spread spectrum packet radio networks; distributed protocols; half duplex radios; two-way communication; Adaptive transmission; channel access; multiple access; packet radio; spread spectrum;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2011.122110.090364

Filename

5675791