Physical layer metrics estimation for CSMA/CA networks using a Markov modeling and source enumeration
The aim is to estimates some vertical handover metrics. These metrics help to take decision on the suitable access point to choose. All the metrics are estimated from the physical layer signal. To achieve the estimation we propose a new number of source tracking algorithm based on a Markov chain modeling. The proposed algorithm is a cognitive radio algorithm dedicated to CSMA/CA based networks.
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