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ICC
2007
IEEE
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Adaptive Range-Based Power Control for Collision Avoidance in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
—The paper analyzes the relationships among the transmission range, carrier sensing range, and interference range in case that power control is adopted and proposes an adaptive r...
Kuei-Ping Shih, Yen-Da Chen, Chau-Chieh Chang
ICC
2007
IEEE
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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...
ICC
2007
IEEE
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AMAC: Traffic-Adaptive Sensor Network MAC Protocol through Variable Duty-Cycle Operations
—Sensor network MAC protocols usually employ periodic sleep and wakeup, achieving low duty-cycle to save energy and to increase the lifetime of battery-powered sensor devices. Ho...
Sang Hoon Lee, Joon Ho Park, Lynn Choi
VTC
2008
IEEE
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MACA-MN: A MACA-Based MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Packet Train for Multiple Neighbors
Abstract— Unlike the terrestrial wireless networks that utilize the radio channel, underwater networks use the acoustic channel, which poses research challenges in the medium acc...
Nitthita Chirdchoo, Wee-Seng Soh, Kee Chaing Chua
INFOCOM
2008
IEEE
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CTU: Capturing Throughput Dependencies in UWB Networks
—The inherent channel characteristics of impulse-based UWB networks affect the MAC layer performance significantly. Previous studies on evaluating MAC protocols are based on pro...
Ioannis Broustis, Aggelos Vlavianos, Prashant Kris...
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
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MACA-U: A Media Access Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
—Unlike terrestrial wireless communication which uses radio waves, underwater communication relies on acoustic waves. The long latency and limited bandwidth pose great challenges...
Hai-Heng Ng, Wee-Seng Soh, Mehul Motani
WOWMOM
2009
ACM
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A plant-and-play wireless sensor network system for gate monitoring
—In this work, we present a practical plant-and-play wireless sensor network system for entry-exit monitoring. Our system is easily configurable and robust, making it feasible t...
Raghuram Sudhaakar, Ameya Sanzgiri, Murat Demirbas...
MOBICOM
2009
ACM
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Frequency-aware rate adaptation and MAC protocols
There has been burgeoning interest in wireless technologies that can use wider frequency spectrum. Technology advances, such as 802.11n and ultra-wideband (UWB), are pushing towar...
Hariharan Rahul, Farinaz Edalat, Dina Katabi, Char...
WWIC
2009
Springer
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Hop-to-Hop Reliability in IP-Based Wireless Sensor Networks - A Cross-Layer Approach
Abstract. To interconnect a wireless sensor network (WSN) to the Internet, we propose to use TCP/IP as the standard protocol for all network entities. We present a cross layer desi...
Gerald Wagenknecht, Markus Anwander, Torsten Braun
GLOBECOM
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
MAC Protocol Engine for Sensor Networks
—We present a novel approach for Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol design based on protocol engine. Current way of designing MAC protocols for a specific application is based...
Sinem Coleri Ergen, Piergiuseppe Di Marco, Carlo F...