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NETWORK
2007
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13 years 10 months ago
A Generic Framework for Modeling MAC Protocols in Wireless Broadband Access Networks
In this article, we present a simple yet accurate generic analytical model for a family of slotted carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) based medium ac...
Xinhua Ling, Jon W. Mark, Xuemin Shen, Yu Cheng
IPCCC
2005
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
MMAC: a mobility-adaptive, collision-free MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks
Mobility in wireless sensor networks poses unique challenges to the medium access control (MAC) protocol design. Previous MAC protocols for sensor networks assume static sensor no...
Muneeb Ali, T. Suleman, Zartash Afzal Uzmi
WDAG
2004
Springer
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14 years 3 months ago
Contention-Free MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract. A MAC protocol specifies how nodes in a sensor network access a shared communication channel. Desired properties of such MAC protocol are: it should be distributed and c...
Costas Busch, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Fikret Sivrikay...
IWCMC
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A simulation study of a MAC layer protocol for wireless networks with asymmetric links
— Asymmetric links are common in wireless networks for a variety of physical, logical, operational, and legal considerations. An asymmetric link supports uni-directional communic...
Guoqiang Wang, Damla Turgut, Ladislau Böl&oum...
ICNP
1998
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
QGMA: A New MAC Protocol for Supporting QoS in Wireless Local Area Networks
In this paper, we propose a novel MAC protocol, called Quality-ofservice Guarantee Multiple Access (QGMA), in wireless local area networks to support the quality of service requir...
Yi Ye, Chao-Ju Hou, Ching-Chih Han