A survey and taxonomy on medium access control strategies for cooperative communication in wireless networks: Research issues and challenges

M Sami, NK Noordin, M Khabazian… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative communication (CC) has been introduced as an effective technique to combat
the detrimental effects of channel fading by exploiting spatial diversity gain, resulting in …

Energy efficient network coding-based MAC for cooperative ARQ wireless networks

A Antonopoulos, C Verikoukis, C Skianis, OB Akan - Ad Hoc Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper we introduce a network coding-aided energy efficient Medium Access Control
(MAC) protocol that coordinates the transmissions among a set of relay nodes which act as …

Distributed spatial modulation: A cooperative diversity protocol for half-duplex relay-aided wireless networks

S Narayanan, M Di Renzo, F Graziosi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, distributed spatial modulation (DSM) is introduced. DSM is a cooperative
diversity protocol for multirelay wireless networks, which is based on the concept of spatial …

Network coding aware cooperative MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks

X Wang, J Li - IEEE transactions on Parallel and Distributed …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative communication, which utilizes neighboring nodes to relay the overhearing
information, has been employed as an effective technique to deal with the channel fading …

On diversity order and coding gain of multisource multirelay cooperative wireless networks with binary network coding

M Di Renzo, M Iezzi, F Graziosi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a multisource multirelay cooperative wireless network with binary modulation
and binary network coding is studied. The system model encompasses 1) a Demodulate …

Error performance and diversity analysis of multi-source multi-relay wireless networks with binary network coding and cooperative MRC

M Di Renzo, M Iezzi, F Graziosi - IEEE transactions on wireless …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we contribute to the theoretical understanding, the design, and the
performance evaluation of multi—source multi—relay network—coded cooperative diversity …

Cross-layer theoretical analysis of NC-aided cooperative ARQ protocols in correlated shadowed environments

A Antonopoulos, AS Lalos, M Di Renzo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a cross-layer analytical model for the study of network coding (NC)-
based Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) medium access control (MAC) protocols in …

Adaptive cooperative network coding based MAC protocol for device-to-device communication

E Datsika, A Antonopoulos, N Zorba… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Device-to-Device (D2D) communication allows the direct connection of mobile devices in a
cellular network. In D2D networking, cooperative communication is inherent due to the …

MAC protocol for cooperative networks, design challenges, and implementations: a survey

DO Akande, MFM Salleh, FK Ojo - Telecommunication Systems, 2018 - Springer
Cooperative communication has drawn considerable attention from the wireless research
community given the efficient and optimal utilization of constraint resources in dynamic …

Effect of realistic channel conditions on the energy efficiency of network coding-aided cooperative MAC protocols

A Antonopoulos, M Di Renzo… - IEEE wireless …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of heterogeneous networks (HetNets) as an enabling paradigm for
ubiquitous wireless communication has further reinforced the concept of medium range …