Abstract. Currently, the major focus on the network security is securing individual components as well as preventing unauthorized access to network service. In this paper, we propo...
Wireless LANs operating within unlicensed frequency bands require random access schemes such as CSMA/CA, so that wireless networks from different administrative domains (for exam...
Frank A. Zdarsky, Ivan Martinovic, Jens B. Schmitt
IEEE 802.11e is a wireless local area networking standard introducing quality of service. It defines new MAC protocols, mainly HCF and EDCF. EDCF is a contentionbased channel acce...
Mounir Frikha, Fatma Ben Said, Lilia Maalej, Faiza...
Directional antennas in ad hoc networks offer many benefits compared with classical omnidirectional antennas. The most important include significant increase of spatial reuse, cov...
- Sensor and actor networks are used to monitor and control pipeline infrastructures. This paper discusses and compares different sensor and actor network architectures for water, ...