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JSAC
2008
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Cross-Layer Based Opportunistic MAC Protocols for QoS Provisionings Over Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks
We propose the cross-layer based opportunistic multi-channel medium access control (MAC) protocols, which integrate the spectrum sensing at physical (PHY) layer with the packet sch...
Hang Su, Xi Zhang
TMC
2008
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Adaptive Cluster-Based Data Collection in Sensor Networks with Direct Sink Access
Recently wireless sensor networks featuring direct sink access have been studied as an efficient architecture to gather and process data for numerous applications. In this paper, w...
Mahdi Lotfinezhad, Ben Liang, Elvino S. Sousa
JSAC
2008
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RIPT: A Receiver-Initiated Reservation-Based Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
Although there are many MAC protocols that have been proposed for terrestrial wireless networks with a wide variety of aspects, these protocols cannot be applied directly in underw...
Nitthita Chirdchoo, Wee-Seng Soh, Kee Chaing Chua
WAIM
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
An Adaptive Dynamic Cluster-Based Protocol for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks
The rapid progress of wireless communication and embedded micro sensing technologies has made wireless sensor networks possible. Target tracking is an important application of wire...
WenCheng Yang, Zhen Fu, Jung-Hwan Kim, Myong-Soon ...
TPDS
2008
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On-Demand Medium Access in Multihop Wireless Networks with Multiple Beam Smart Antennas
The paper presents a detailed discussion of various issues involved in designing a medium access control (MAC) protocol for multihop wireless networks with nodes employing multiple...
Vivek Jain, Anurag Gupta, Dharma P. Agrawal