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INFOCOM
2003
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Power Controlled Dual Channel (PCDC) Medium Access Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
—In this paper, we propose a comprehensive solution for power control in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Our solution emphasizes the interplay between the MAC and network layers...
Alaa Muqattash, Marwan Krunz
ICC
2007
IEEE
140views Communications» more  ICC 2007»
13 years 12 months ago
Empirical Discussion on Directional MAC Protocols for Ad hoc Networks using Practice Smart Antennas
Recent studies on directional Media Access Control (MAC) protocols using smart antennas for wireless ad hoc networks have shown that directional MAC protocols outperform traditiona...
Masahiro Watanabe, Hikaru Mitsuhashi, Masaki Banda...
PEWASUN
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Efficient deafness avoidance in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks with directional antennas
Using directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks can significantly improve network performance. However, the deafness problem greatly limits the network performance. This pa...
Yihu Li, Ahmed M. Safwat
MOBIHOC
2002
ACM
14 years 5 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...
TMC
2010
190views more  TMC 2010»
13 years 4 months ago
SAMAC: A Cross-Layer Communication Protocol for Sensor Networks with Sectored Antennas
—Wireless sensor networks have been used to gather data and information in many diverse application settings. The capacity of such networks remains a fundamental obstacle toward ...
Emad Felemban, Serdar Vural, Robert Murawski, Eyle...