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September 2000, Volume 18, Number 9
ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF MAC PROTOCOLS
Guest Editors -- L. Lenzini, J. O. Limb, W. W. Lu, I. Rubin, and M. Zukerman

Guest Editorial
L. Lenzini, J. O. Limb, W. W. Lu, I. Rubin, and M. Zukerman

PAPERS
MAC Tradeoffs: Polling/Reservation Versus Contention
Activity Polling and Activity Contention in Media Access Control Protocols
J. Charzinski

CSMA with Reservations by Interruptions (CSMA/RI): A Novel Approach to Reduce collisions in CSMA/CD
C. H. Foh and M. Zukerman

QoS and Scheduling
Supporting MPEG Video Transport on DOCSIS-Compliant Cable Networks
D. Bushmitch, S. Mukherjee, S. Narayanan, M. Ratty, and Q. Shi

Polling- and Contention-Based Schemes for TDMA-TDD Access to Wireless ATM Networks
L. Musumeci, P. Giacomazzi, and L. Fratta

IP QoS Delivery in a Broadband Wireless Local Loop: MAC Protocol Definition and Performance Evaluation
A. Baiocchi, F. Cuomo, and S. Bolognesi

Contention-Free Distributed Dynamic Reservation MAC Protocol with Deterministic Scheduling (C-FD3R MAC) for Wireless ATM Networks
C. G. Kang, C. W. Ahn, K. H. Jang, and W. S. Kang

Performance Evaluation of a Reservation TDMA Protocol for Voice/Data Transmission in Personal Communication Networks with Nonindependent Channel Errors
R. Fantacci and S. Nannicini

Intelligent MACs
Intelligent Medium Access for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Busy Tones and Power Control
S.-L. Wu, Y.-C. Tseng, and J.-P. Sheu

Multiple Access Control with Intelligent Bandwidth Allocation for Wireless ATM Networks
M. C. Yuang and P. L. Tien

Meta-MAC Protocols: Automatic Combination of MAC Protocols to Optimize Performance for Unknown Conditions
A. Farago, A. D. Myers, V. R. Syrotiuk, and G. V. Zaruba

MACs for Mobile Wireless and Satellite Networks
SEAMA: A Source Encoding Assisted Multiple Access Protocol for Wireless Communications
M. Alasti and N. Farvardin

A Near-Optimum MAC Protocol Based on the Distributed Queueing Random Access Protocol (DQRAP) for a CDMA Mobile Communication System
L. Alonso, R. Agusti, and O. Sallent

Design of a Medium Access Control Feedback Mechanism for Cellular TDMA Packet Data Systems
K. Balachandran, S. Nanda, and S. Vitebsky

A Nonpreemptive Priority-Based Access Control Scheme for Broadband Ad Hoc Wireless ATM Local Area Networks
D.-J. Deng and R.-S. Chang

Design of an Access Mechanism for High Speed Distributed Wireless LAN
A. C. V. Gummalla and J. O. Limb

Performance Analysis of Multiple Access Protocols for Multimedia Satellite Networks
H. Koraitim and S. Tohme

Statistically Optimized Minislot Allocation for Initial and Collision Resolution in Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Networks
W.-M. Yin and Y.-D. Lin

IEEE 802.11 Protocol: Design and Performance Evaluation of an Adaptive Backoff Mechanism
F. Cali, M. Conti, and E. Gregori

HIPERLAN/1 MAC Protocol: Stability and Performance Analysis
G. Anatasi, L. Lenzini, and E. Mingozzi


CALLS FOR PAPERS
Multiuser Detection Techniques with Application to Wired and Wireless Communications Systems
Mobility and Resource Management in Next Generation Wireless Systems
Signal Synchronization in Digital Transmission Systems
Wireless Communications Series