MAC Seminar:  Short sequence of presentations giving an overview over existing MAC protocols in wireless communication systems as well as more topics on general description of MAC schemes:

  • Introduction to MAC Protocols for Wireless Systems: Challenges and Applications
  • Comparison of MAC Protocols in Wired and Wireless Systems: Differences and
  • Commonalities
  • MAC Schemes for Distributed and Centralized Wireless Networks
  • Packet and Channel Based Multiple Access and Duplexing
  • MAC Schemes for Ad-Hoc Networks
  • Dual Busy Tone Multiple Access
  • Collision Management and Avoidance in Wireless MAC
  • Power Control for Centralized and Distributed MAC Protocols
  • Scheduling and Fairness
  • Distribution and Point Coordination Functions
  • Token Passing
  • MAC in RFID Systems

And we will also focus on MAC schemes for specific examples of wireless systems as:

  • MAC for Broadband MIMO Systems
  • MAC in Satellite Systems
  • MAC in WLANs IEEE 802.11
  • MAC Protocols for Multiple Antenna Networks
  • MAC in 3G Mobile Radio
  • MAC Protocols in 4G Long Term Evolution
  • MAC Protocols for 5G Networks
  • MAC Protocols for Future 6G Networks
  • MAC Protocols for Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)
  • MAC Protocols for Cognitive Radio Networks
  • Cross-Layer Wireless Transmission: Challenges and Principles
  • MAC Protocols for Enhancement the Reliability and QoS
  • MAC Protocols for Vehicular Communications