In this paper, we introduce the wireless open-access research platform (WARP) developed
at CMC lab, Rice University. WARP provides a scalable and configurable platform mainly …

The flexible interface between the medium access layer and the custom physical layer of the
Rice University Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (WARP) provides a high …

Self-organizing networks able to adapt to changes in the environment have already been a
longstanding research topic. Given the limited number of license-free industrial, scientific …

Wireless communication standards are developed at an ever-increasing rate of pace, and
significant amounts of effort is put into research for new communication methods and …

Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a flexible architecture which can be configured to adapt
various wireless standards, waveforms, frequency bands, bandwidths, and modes of …

In the course of a national research project, EADS Innovation Works has developed a
waveform on a self-designed hybrid Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform, consisting of …

Implementation of carrier sensing-based medium access control (MAC) protocols on
inexpensive reconfigurable radio platforms has proven challenging due to long and …

Motivation In recent years, researchers have developed a large and growing set of protocols
and algorithms to improve the throughput and capacity of wireless networks. These schemes …

The key role played by the medium access control layer toward the performance of wireless
communication networks justifies the vast amount of MAC protocols that can be found in the …

We present the implementation and experimental evaluation of a new, fully distributed
protocol for random access systems that exploits symbol-level physical layer cooperation. By …