The cooperative communication in wireless networks has received a significant research
attention recently. Due to the broadcast nature of wireless media, the nodes may receive the …

The challenging problem of cooperative retransmission in the wireless networks is
investigated in this paper. This paper introduces the centralized and distributed Markov …

In this chapter, we introduce the background information and the related works on
cooperative wireless networks. Cooperative communications at the physical layer enable …

A random access protocol for wireless networks was recently proposed in [16], that achieves
high throughput by exploiting cooperative diversity of network nodes. According to that …

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 …

Cooperative communication has been recently proposed as a powerful means to improve
network performance in wireless networks. However, most existing work focuses solely on …

Cooperative communication is a promising and practical technique for realizing spatial
diversity through a virtual antenna array formed by multiple antennas of different nodes …

Next-generation wireless networks will go beyond the pointto-point or point-to-multipoint
paradigms of classical cellular networks. They will be based on complex interactions, where …

This paper firstly introduces the background and development of cooperative
communications technology, discusses two important relaying strategies of cooperative …

Cooperative communications has attracted significant recent attention as a transmission
strategy for future wireless networks. Cooperative communications efficiently take advantage …