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MOBIHOC
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Antenna orientation optimization for minimum-energy multicast tree construction in wireless ad hoc networks with directional ant
Energy conservation is a critical issue in wireless ad hoc networks since batteries are the only energy source to power the nodes. One major metric for energy conservation is to r...
Song Guo, Oliver W. W. Yang
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
ICC
2007
IEEE
140views Communications» more  ICC 2007»
13 years 11 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...
ICWMC
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 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
MSN
2005
Springer
114views Sensor Networks» more  MSN 2005»
13 years 10 months ago
A Directional Antenna Based Path Optimization Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Using directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks is an attractive issue due to its potential advantages such as spatial reuse, low power consumption and low chance of interfe...
Sung-Ho Kim, Young-Bae Ko