—The IEEE 802.16 standard (commonly known as WiMAX), which has emerged as a broadband wireless access technology, is capable of delivering very high data rates. The grant/request...
A MAC protocol is proposed for proactive discovery in which wireless devices periodically broadcast packets containing presence or service information. The protocol is based on Fra...
In wireless multi-hop networks, hello protocols for neighbor discovery are a basic service offered by the networking stack. However, their study usually rely on rather simplistic...
Multicast/broadcast is an important service primitive in networks. The IEEE 802.11 multicast/broadcast protocol is based on the basic access procedure of Carrier Sense Multiple Ac...
According to the application domain, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) differ in a number of ways (e. g., deployment strategy, node mobility, available resources, node heterogeneity...