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MOBIHOC
2003
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
A MAC protocol for full exploitation of directional antennas in ad-hoc wireless networks
Directional antennas in ad hoc networks offer many benefits compared with classical omnidirectional antennas. The most important include significant increase of spatial reuse, cov...
Thanasis Korakis, Gentian Jakllari, Leandros Tassi...
INFOCOM
2003
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Power Controlled Dual Channel (PCDC) Medium Access Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
—In this paper, we propose a comprehensive solution for power control in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Our solution emphasizes the interplay between the MAC and network layers...
Alaa Muqattash, Marwan Krunz
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EWSN
2010
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Making Sensornet MAC Protocols Robust against Interference
Radio interference may lead to packet losses, thus negatively affecting the performance of sensornet applications. In this paper, we experimentally assess the impact of external i...
Carlo Alberto Boano, Thiemo Voigt, Nicolas Tsiftes...
LCN
1998
IEEE
15 years 1 months ago
Effect of Hidden Terminals on the Performance of IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol
The hidden terminal problem is unique to wireless networks and as of now, there is very limited understanding about it's effects on network performance. Results are presented...
Sumit Khurana, Anurag Kahol, Anura P. Jayasumana
SECON
2010
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
Adaptive Instantiation of the Protocol Interference Model in Mission-Critical Wireless Networks
Interference model is the basis of MAC protocol design in wireless networks, and it directly affects the efficiency and predictability of wireless messaging. To exploit the strengt...
Xin Che, Xiaohui Liu, Xi Ju, Hongwei Zhang