ABSTRACT

Contents 8.1 Introduction .................................................................................. 220 8.2 Background and Existing Work ..................................................... 222

8.2.1 Chlamtac-Faragó Topology-Transparent Algorithm ...........224 8.2.2 Ju-Li Topology-Transparent Algorithm ..............................225 8.2.3 Latin Squares TDMA Multichannel Topology-

Transparent Algorithm ....................................................... 226 8.2.4 Orthogonal Array Topology-Transparent Algorithm .......... 228

8.3 Code-Based Topology-Transparent Scheduling.............................. 228 8.3.1 Reed-Solomon and Hermitian Codes .................................233 8.3.2 Comparative Evaluation of Code-Based and Contention-

Based Scheduling ................................................................241 8.3.3 Code Selection in Code-Based Scheduling Protocols ..........243

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