... Atlanta, Ga, USA, May 2007 A Sharmat, V Gelaras, S R Singh, T Korakis, P Liu, and S S Panwar, Implementation of a cooperative MAC protocol using a software defined radio platform,” in Proceedings of ... corresponding data packet, since such information is contained in the MAC header and is in many instances transmitted at a rate higher than what STAs can support Fortunately, since each data packet sometimes ... choice was a software-defined radio, since in such an approach, both the PHY and the MAC layers are designed in software and therefore they can be changed Moreover, an all-software radio platform...