Introduction to the Special Issue on Models, Theory, and Codes for Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks [Guest Editorial]
Gerhard G. Kramer, Randall Berry, Abbas El Gamal, Hesham El Gamal, Massimo Franceschetti, Michael Gastpar, J. Nicholas Laneman · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 2007
The thirty-four papers in this special issue are devoted to models, theories, and codes for relaying and cooperation in communication networks. The demand for large, more efficient, reliable, and cost effective communication networks is motivating new network architectures for cellular and wireless communications as well as cognitive radio and sensor networks.