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2008
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Protecting Location Privacy with Personalized k-Anonymity: Architecture and Algorithms
Continued advances in mobile networks and positioning technologies have created a strong market push for location-based applications. Examples include location-aware emergency resp...
Bugra Gedik, Ling Liu
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2008
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COACS: A Cooperative and Adaptive Caching System for MANETs
This paper introduces a cooperation-based database caching system for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). The heart of the system is the nodes that cache submitted queries. The querie...
Hassan Artail, Haïdar Safa, Khaleel W. Mersha...
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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
TMC
2008
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A Bidding Algorithm for Optimized Utility-Based Resource Allocation in Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract-- This article proposes a scheme for bandwidth allocation in wireless ad hoc networks. The quality of service (QoS) levels for each end-to-end flow are expressed using a r...
Calin Curescu, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani
TMC
2008
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Broadcast Scheduling in Interference Environment
Broadcast is a fundamental operation in wireless networks and na
Scott C.-H. Huang, Peng-Jun Wan, Jing Deng, Yunghs...
TMC
2008
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Mobility Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
The future-generation wireless systems will combine heterogeneous wireless access technologies to provide mobile users with seamless access to a diverse set of applications and ser...
Ahmed H. Zahran, Ben Liang, Aladdin Saleh
TMC
2008
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A New MAC Scheme Supporting Voice/Data Traffic in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract--In wireless ad hoc networks, in addition to the well-known hidden terminal and exposed terminal problems, the locationdependent contention may cause serious unfairness an...
Ping Wang, Hai Jiang, Weihua Zhuang
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2008
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Bandwidth Estimation for IEEE 802.11-Based Ad Hoc Networks
Since 2005, IEEE 802.11-based networks have been able to provide a certain level of quality of service (QoS) by the means of service differentiation, due to the IEEE 802.11e amendm...
Cheikh Sarr, Claude Chaudet, Guillaume Chelius, Is...
TMC
2008
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OS-MAC: An Efficient MAC Protocol for Spectrum-Agile Wireless Networks
Wireless networks and devices have rapidly been gaining popularity over their wired counterparts. This popularity, in turn, has been generating an explosive and ever-increasing dem...
Bechir Hamdaoui, Kang G. Shin
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2008
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Toward Reliable and Efficient Reporting in Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy efficiency is one of the major concerns in wireless sensor networks, since it impacts the network lifetime. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between sensor net...
Fatma Bouabdallah, Nizar Bouabdallah, Raouf Boutab...