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JIPS
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
MMMP: A MAC Protocol to Ensure QoS for Multimedia Traffic over Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks
: In this paper, we discuss a novel reservation-based, asynchronous MAC protocol called `Multi-rate Multi-hop MAC Protocol' (MMMP) for multi-hop ad hoc networks that provides ...
Sunil Kumar, Mahasweta Sarkar, Supraja Gurajala, J...
GLOBECOM
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A Directional MAC Protocol for Practical Smart Antennas
- Recently, several MAC protocols using directional antennas, typically referred to as directional MAC protocols, have been proposed for wireless ad hoc networks. However, the MAC ...
Yuya Takatsuka, Katsushiro Nagashima, Masanori Tak...
ICC
2007
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Impatient Backoff Algorithm: Fairness in a Distributed Ad-Hoc MAC
— Many distributed multiple access (MAC) protocols use an exponential backoff mechanism. In that mechanism, a node picks a random backoff time uniformly in an interval that doubl...
Rajarshi Gupta, Jean C. Walrand
MONET
2002
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13 years 4 months ago
An Adaptive Generalized Transmission Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks
Wireless networking and group communication in combination allows groups of dispersed mobile users to collaborate. This paper presents AGENT, a medium access control (MAC) protocol...
Andrew D. Myers, Gergely V. Záruba, Violet ...
TMC
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Bandwidth Estimation for IEEE 802.11-Based Ad Hoc Networks
Since 2005, IEEE 802.11-based networks have been able to provide a certain level of quality of service (QoS) by the means of service differentiation, due to the IEEE 802.11e amendm...
Cheikh Sarr, Claude Chaudet, Guillaume Chelius, Is...