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MOBIHOC
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Experimental characterization of sectorized antennas in dense 802.11 wireless mesh networks
Sectorized antennas can increase wireless network capacity through greater spatial reuse. Despite their increasing popularity, their real-world performance characteristics in dens...
Anand Prabhu Subramanian, Henrik Lundgren, Theodor...
MSWIM
2003
ACM
15 years 2 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
CONEXT
2007
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Energy-efficient MAC and routing design in distributed beamforming sensor networks
A major task of a wireless sensor network is energy-efficient, timely, and robust dissemination of sensor readings back to the sink node. The AIDA project [1] aims to create a new...
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Syed Ali Raza Jafri, Y. C...
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SECON
2007
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
MAC-Layer Capture: A Problem in Wireless Mesh Networks using Beamforming Antennas
— Beamforming antennas have been shown to improve spatial reuse in wireless networks. Protocols that aim to exploit beamforming antennas have leveraged benefits from directional...
Romit Roy Choudhury, Nitin H. Vaidya
VTC
2006
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Channel Access Priority for Vehicle Intersection Collision Warning
— We propose an Intersection Warning Channel Access Priority (IWCAP) protocol to warn drivers of a possible collision when approaching an intersection. Our protocol operates via ...
Nader M. Rabadi, Syed Masud Mahmud