Dissertation conclusion on cross-layer wireless protocol design benefits. Discusses SoftPHY hints applications in HARQ, successive interference cancellation, multi-user MIMO, and future research directions for wireless network optimization.
MAC protocol design using conflict maps for exposed terminal problem. Covers SoftCMAP and CMAP protocols, concurrent transmission detection, distributed conflict map construction, and aggregate network throughput improvement.
Implementation and evaluation of SoftRate using software radios, ns-3 simulator, and trace-driven simulations. Covers SNR-based vs frame-based rate adaptation protocols, TCP throughput gains in slow and fast fading channels.
SoftRate bit rate adaptation protocol design using channel BER from SoftPHY hints. Covers interference detection heuristics, collision identification, rate selection algorithms, and performance evaluation in mobile and interference-prone wireless channels.
Detailed methods for estimating wireless channel BER quickly and accurately using SoftPHY hints from soft output decoders. Covers SNR-to-BER mapping for various modulation schemes (BPSK, QPSK, QAM) in AWGN and fading channels.