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PERCOM
2008
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
P2P multicast for pervasive ad hoc networks
Integrating p2p services in multi-hop ad hoc networks is today a hot topic. General multi-hop , and pervasive systems in particular, can greatly benefit from high-level middleware...
Franca Delmastro, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
AHSWN
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Control Frame Shaping in Power Controlled and Directional MAC Protocols?
This paper discusses the ideal shapes of control frames (i.e., RTS/CTS frames) in the IEEE 802.11 MAC layer for efficient power control and directional beam forming in mobile ad h...
Fei Dai, Jie Wu
ICCCN
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
SpotMAC: A Pencil-Beam MAC for Wireless Mesh Networks
Abstract— Deafness is a key problem. It erodes the performance gains provided by directional antennas, and introduces a new hidden terminal problem. To address deafness, and henc...
Kwan-Wu Chin
SECON
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Effect of Antenna Placement and Diversity on Vehicular Network Communications
— In this paper we present empirical results from a study examining the effects of antenna diversity and placement on vehicle-to-vehicle link performance in vehicular ad hoc netw...
Sanjit Krishnan Kaul, Kishore Ramachandran, Pravin...
MOBICOM
2010
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Pushing the envelope of indoor wireless spatial reuse using directional access points and clients
Recent work demonstrates that directional antennas have significant potential to improve wireless network capacity in indoor environments. This paper provides a broader exploratio...
Xi Liu, Anmol Sheth, Michael Kaminsky, Konstantina...