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MOBIHOC
2002
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Directional virtual carrier sensing for directional antennas in mobile ad hoc networks
This paper presents a new carrier sensing mechanism called DVCS (Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing) for wireless communication using directional antennas. DVCS does not require ...
Mineo Takai, Jay Martin, Rajive Bagrodia, Aifeng R...
GLOBECOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
A Novel MAC Protocol for Cooperative Downloading in Vehicular Networks
—In this paper, we propose a novel protocol called VC-MAC that utilizes the concept of cooperative communication tailored for vehicular networks, especially for gateway downloadi...
Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, Weijia Jia
SECON
2010
IEEE
13 years 5 months ago
Multiple Access Mechanisms with Performance Guarantees for Ad-Hoc Networks
This paper bears on the design and the quantitative evaluation of MAC mechanisms for wireless ad-hoc networks with performance guarantees. By this, we mean mechanisms where each ac...
Paola Bermolen, François Baccelli
PIMRC
2010
IEEE
13 years 5 months ago
Improving link failure detection and response in IEEE 802.11 wireless ad hoc networks
Wireless multihop ad hoc networks face a multitude of challenging problems including highly dynamic multihop topologies, lossy and noisy communications channels, and sporadic conne...
Alvin C. Valera, Hwee-Pink Tan, Winston Khoon Guan...
TMC
2010
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13 years 6 months ago
SAMAC: A Cross-Layer Communication Protocol for Sensor Networks with Sectored Antennas
—Wireless sensor networks have been used to gather data and information in many diverse application settings. The capacity of such networks remains a fundamental obstacle toward ...
Emad Felemban, Serdar Vural, Robert Murawski, Eyle...