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IJSNET
2006
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Medium access control with mobility-adaptive mechanisms for wireless sensor networks
: Mobility in wireless sensor networks poses unique challenges to the medium access control (MAC) protocol design. Previous MAC protocols for sensor networks assume static sensor n...
Muneeb Ali, Zartash Afzal Uzmi
COMCOM
2006
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Energy efficiency of collision resolution protocols
Energy consumption of the medium access control (MAC) algorithm is one of the key performance metrics in today's ubiquitous wireless networks of battery-operated devices. We ...
Aran Bergman, Moshe Sidi
CCR
2006
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Medium access control issues in sensor networks
Medium access control for wireless sensor networks has been a very active research area for the past couple of years. The sensor networks literature presents an alphabet soup of m...
Muneeb Ali, Umar Saif, Adam Dunkels, Thiemo Voigt,...
ADHOC
2006
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Medium Access Control protocols for ad hoc wireless networks: A survey
Studies of ad hoc wireless networks are a relatively new field gaining more popularity for various new applications. In these networks, the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols a...
Sunil Kumar, Vineet S. Raghavan, Jing Deng
CORR
2008
Springer
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Spectral efficiency and optimal medium access control of random access systems over large random spreading CDMA
This paper analyzes the spectral efficiency as a function of medium access control (MAC) for large random spreading CDMA random access systems that employ a linear receiver. It is ...
Yi Sun
ADHOCNOW
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
A Prediction Based Cross-Layer MAC/PHY Interface for CDMA Ad Hoc Networks
Variable environments in ad hoc networks require a joint control of physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers resources in order to optimize performance. In this paper,...
Pegdwindé Justin Kouraogo, François ...
WICON
2008
13 years 6 months ago
A study of MAC schemes for wireless sensor networks powered by ambient energy harvesting
Energy consumption is a perennial issue in the design of wireless sensor networks which typically rely on portable sources like batteries for power. Recent advances in ambient ene...
Zhi Ang Eu, Winston Khoon Guan Seah, Hwee Pink Tan
SIMUTOOLS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Implementing MAC protocols for cooperative relaying: a compiler-assisted approach
Evaluating the performance of a cooperative relaying protocol requires an implementation for simulators and/or software-defined radios (SDRs) with an appropriate model for error d...
Hermann S. Lichte, Stefan Valentin
GLOBECOM
2009
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Collision-Free Asynchronous Multi-Channel Access in Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract—In this paper, we present a collision-free asynchronous multi-channel access protocol for Ad Hoc wireless networks using a single transceiver. Our protocol, dubbed AMMAC...
Duy Nguyen, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Katia Obracz...
IFIP
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Enhanced Power Saving Scheme for IEEE 802.11 DCF Based Wireless Networks
Abstract. Providing energy efficiency in MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, while achieving desirable throughput, is an important research issue in the area of wireless networking....
Jong-Mu Choi, Young-Bae Ko, Jai-Hoon Kim