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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
GLOBECOM
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 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...
PERVASIVE
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Distributed Precision Based Localization Algorithm for Ad-Hoc Networks
In this paper we introduce a new distributed algorithm for location discovery. It can be used in wireless ad-hoc sensor networks that are equipped with means of measuring the dista...
Leon Evers, Stefan Dulman, Paul J. M. Havinga
TPDS
2008
126views more  TPDS 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Efficient Directional Network Backbone Construction in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
In this paper, we consider the issue of constructing an energy-efficient virtual network backbone in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) for broadcasting applications using directiona...
Shuhui Yang, Jie Wu, Fei Dai
VTC
2008
IEEE
114views Communications» more  VTC 2008»
13 years 11 months ago
Improving Ad Hoc Networks Capacity and Connectivity Using Dynamic Blind Beamforming
— We propose a dynamic blind beamforming scheme which allows to benefit from antenna directivity in large mobile ad hoc networks while avoiding heavy feedback to track mobile no...
Nadia Fawaz, Zafer Beyaztas, David Gesbert, M&eacu...