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ADHOC
2005
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15 years 3 months ago
Infrastructure-based MAC in wireless mobile ad-hoc networks
- The IEEE 802.11 standard is the most popular Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless local area networks. However, in an ad-hoc environment, the Point Coordination Func...
Hossam S. Hassanein, Tiantong You, Hussein T. Mouf...
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ADHOC
2008
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MERLIN: Cross-layer integration of MAC and routing for low duty-cycle sensor networks
Sensor network MAC protocols typically sacrifice packet latency to achieve energy efficiency. Such delays may well increase due to routing protocol operation. For this reason it i...
Antonio G. Ruzzelli, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Raja Ju...
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WIOPT
2010
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
On the optimal design of MAC protocols in multi-hop ad hoc networks
Abstract—In this paper, we present our results on the performance of MAC protocols in multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks in terms of the newly proposed metric “aggregate multi-...
Mariam Kaynia, Pedro H. J. Nardell, Paulo Cardieri...
CSE
2009
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
MAW: A Reliable Lightweight Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Network Routing Protocol
—Wireless sensor networks consist of a number of small wireless sensor nodes which take measurements and transmit them over wireless links. As wireless sensors are resource const...
Kunjan Patel, Lim Jong Chern, Chris J. Bleakley, W...
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VTC
2008
IEEE
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15 years 10 months ago
MACA-MN: A MACA-Based MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Packet Train for Multiple Neighbors
Abstract— Unlike the terrestrial wireless networks that utilize the radio channel, underwater networks use the acoustic channel, which poses research challenges in the medium acc...
Nitthita Chirdchoo, Wee-Seng Soh, Kee Chaing Chua