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ADHOCNOW
2008
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Adapting BitTorrent to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract. BitTorrent is one of the Internet’s most efficient content distribution protocols. It is known to perform very well over the wired Internet where end-to-end performance...
Mohamed Karim Sbai, Chadi Barakat, Jaeyoung Choi, ...
PIMRC
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Comparative performance evaluation of MAC protocols in ad hoc networks with bandwidth partitioning
—This paper considers the performance of the MAC protocols ALOHA and CSMA in wireless ad hoc networks, where the total system bandwidth may be divided into smaller subbands. In t...
Mariam Kaynia, Geir E. Øien, Nihar Jindal, ...
PIMRC
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Connectivity of wireless ad hoc networks with random beamforming: An analytical approach
Random beamforming, where each node selects a main beam direction without any coordination with other nodes, has been proposed as a simple technique to improve connectivity in wire...
Salman Durrani, Xiangyun Zhou, Haley M. Jones
NOMS
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
MANKOP: A Knowledge Plane for wireless ad hoc networks
— In mobile wireless ad hoc networks (MANETs), layering is frequently broken to cope with changes on the medium. Layering is also violated in order to implement autonomic behavio...
Daniel F. Macedo, Aldri L. dos Santos, Guy Pujolle...
ICDCS
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Two-Phased Approximation Algorithms for Minimum CDS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
— Connected dominating set (CDS) has a wide range of applications in wireless ad hoc networks. A number of distributed algorithms for constructing a small CDS in wireless ad hoc ...
Peng-Jun Wan, Lixin Wang, F. Frances Yao
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Adjustable Transmission Power in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Smart Antennas
—In this paper, we present a model to analyze the performance of wireless ad hoc networks with smart antennas, i.e. directional antennas with adjustable transmission power. Our r...
Fei Huang, Victor O. K. Li, Ka-Cheong Leung
ISAAC
2009
Springer
140views Algorithms» more  ISAAC 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Tighter Approximation Bounds for Minimum CDS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract. Connected dominating set (CDS) has a wide range of applications in wireless ad hoc networks. A number of approximation algorithms for constructing a small CDS in wireless...
Minming Li, Peng-Jun Wan, F. Frances Yao
WDAG
2009
Springer
114views Algorithms» more  WDAG 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Virtual Ring Routing Trends
Virtual Ring Routing (VRR) schemes were introduced in the context of wireless ad hoc networks and Internet anycast overlays. They build a network-routing layer using ideas from dis...
Dahlia Malkhi, Siddhartha Sen, Kunal Talwar, Renat...
ISCC
2009
IEEE
177views Communications» more  ISCC 2009»
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SECLOUD: Source and Destination Seclusion Using Clouds for wireless ad hoc networks
—The privacy of communicating entities in wireless ad hoc networks is extremely important due to the potential of their being identified and subsequently subjected to attacks (e...
Razvi Doomun, Thaier Hayajneh, Prashant Krishnamur...
ICC
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Rethinking MIMO for Wireless Networks: Linear Throughput Increases with Multiple Receive Antennas
— The benefit of multiple antenna communication is investigated in wireless ad hoc networks, and the primary finding is that throughput can be made to scale linearly with the n...
Nihar Jindal, Jeffrey G. Andrews, Steven Weber