In this paper we discuss a selection of promising and interesting research areas in the
design of protocols and systems for wireless industrial communications. We have selected …

This article reviews progress in cooperative communication networks. Our survey is by no
means exhaustive. Instead, we assemble a representative sample of recent results to serve …

Due to the broadcast nature of wireless signals, a wireless transmission intended for a
particular destination station can be overheard by other neighboring stations. A focus of …

This article outlines one way to address these problems by using the notion of cooperation
between wireless nodes. In cooperative communications, multiple nodes in a wireless …

Due to the rapid advancement in the wireless communication technology and automotive
industries, the paradigm of vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) emerges as a promising …

Researchers in both academia and industry have accepted OFDMA as the most appropriate
air-interface for the emerging broadband wireless access networks and standards. A …

Positioning in Wireless Communications Systems explains the principal differences and
similarities of wireless communications systems and navigation systems. It discusses …

This article investigates distributed cooperative medium access control protocol design for
multihop wireless networks. Cooperative communication has been proposed recently as an …

In this paper, we study medium access control (MAC) protocol design for distributed
cooperative wireless networks. We focus on beneficial node cooperation by addressing two …

In wireless sensor networks, path breakage occurs frequently due to node mobility, node
failure, and channel impairments. It is challenging to combat path breakage with minimal …