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ICWMC
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
An Overview of MAC Protocols with Directional Antennas in Wireless ad hoc Networks
Although directional antennas have been used in mobile communications systems for quite a long time, realistic applications of directional or smart antennas in wireless ad hoc net...
Hongning Dai, Kam-Wing Ng, Min-You Wu
MOBIHOC
2002
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Directional virtual carrier sensing for directional antennas in mobile ad hoc networks
This paper presents a new carrier sensing mechanism called DVCS (Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing) for wireless communication using directional antennas. DVCS does not require ...
Mineo Takai, Jay Martin, Rajive Bagrodia, Aifeng R...
MSWIM
2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Adaptive range control using directional antennas in mobile ad hoc networks
This paper presents ARC (Adaptive Range Control), a communication range control mechanism using directional antennas to be implemented across multiple layers. ARC uses directional...
Mineo Takai, Junlan Zhou, Rajive Bagrodia
AINA
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A Testbed with a Practical Smart Antenna for Directional MAC Protocols in Ad hoc Networks
Recently, several MAC protocols using directional antennas have been proposed for ad hoc networks, which are mainly evaluated by computer simulations. This paper develops a MAC pr...
Hikaru Mitsuhashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Sadao Obana,...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
On Reducing Broadcast Transmission Cost and Redundancy in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas
—Using directional antennas to conserve bandwidth and energy consumption in ad hoc wireless networks has attracted much attention of the research community in recent years. Howev...
Ling Ding, Yifeng Shao, Minglu Li