Carrier Sense Multiple Access / ID Countdown (CSMA/IC) is a collision-free ad hoc MAC protocol. CSMA/IC avoids simultaneous medium access by competing with a local unique ID assig...
Modern computer systems permit users to access protected information from remote locations. In certain secure environments, it would be desirable to restrict this access to a part...
The technology of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard which enables the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access wi...
A critical resource in a distributed real-time system is its shared communication medium. Unrestrained concurrent access to the network can lead to collisions that reduce the syst...
—Underwater Sensor Networks are typically distributed in nature and the nodes communicate using acoustic waves over a wireless medium. Such networks are characterized by long and...