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GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
COMB: Cell Based Orientation Aware MANET Broadcast MAC Layer
—The design of a collision avoidance system for trains implies the design of a MAC layer for their specific requirements. It should be efficient, reliable, use broadcast and su...
Cristina Rico Garcia, Andreas Lehner, Thomas Stran...
WCNC
2008
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
On Reducing Broadcast Transmission Cost and Redundancy in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas
—Using directional antennas to conserve bandwidth and energy consumption in ad hoc wireless networks has attracted much attention of the research community in recent years. Howev...
Ling Ding, Yifeng Shao, Minglu Li
ICC
2009
IEEE
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14 years 2 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
INFOCOM
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Simple Directional Antennas: Improving Performance in Wireless Multihop Networks
— Directional antennas are a promising option for use in ad-hoc networks for a variety of reasons, such as increased spatial reuse, reduced interference and enabling more effici...
Kok-Kiong Yap, Wai-Leong Yeow, Mehul Motani, Chen-...
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Cooperating with Smartness: Using Heterogeneous Smart Antennas in Ad-Hoc Networks
Abstract— The ability of smart antennas to improve performance in a typically constrained ad-hoc network environment, has helped them garner significant attention over the last ...
Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Raghupathy Sivakumar