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ADHOC
2006
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13 years 6 months ago
Medium Access Control protocols for ad hoc wireless networks: A survey
Studies of ad hoc wireless networks are a relatively new field gaining more popularity for various new applications. In these networks, the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols a...
Sunil Kumar, Vineet S. Raghavan, Jing Deng
ICC
2009
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
A PHY-MAC Cross-Layer Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks with Multiple-Antenna Nodes
—In this paper, we propose a physical (PHY) - medium access control (MAC) cross-layer protocol for ad hoc networks with antenna-array-equipped nodes that employ single-antenna tr...
Ioannis Spyropoulos, James R. Zeidler
WOWMOM
2005
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
An Integrated Neighbor Discovery and MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antennas
— Many MAC sub-layer protocols for supporting the usage of directional antennas in ad hoc networks have been proposed in literature. However, there remain two open issues that ar...
Gentian Jakllari, Wenjie Luo, Srikanth V. Krishnam...
MSWIM
2003
ACM
13 years 11 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
ICC
2007
IEEE
155views Communications» more  ICC 2007»
14 years 18 days ago
Design of a Medium Access Control Protocol for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
Abstract - In this paper we present a design of a medium access control protocol that allows the utilization of unused licensed spectrum of deployed wireless cellular systems (Prim...
Amitabh Mishra, Dharma P. Agrawal