An energy-efficiency MAC protocol in multi-rate and multi-range infrastructure wireless networks

In this paper, we study an energy-efficiency relay-based protocol that can select a proper PHY mode and a transmission power level, and analyze its energy-efficiency, defined as the number of data bits transmitted per unit energy. Evaluation results show that this protocol and its degraded version can provide significant improvements on the energy-efficiency and remarkably enhance the overall system performance.

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