— Many distributed multiple access (MAC) protocols use an exponential backoff mechanism. In that mechanism, a node picks a random backoff time uniformly in an interval that doubl...
Abstract-- As mobile ad hoc network applications are deployed, security emerges as a central requirement. In this paper, we introduce the wormhole attack, a severe attack in ad hoc...
Abstract— Controlling the topology of a wireless ad hoc network is very important from the point of view of performance. One known technique for controlling the topology is throu...
Abstract: Overlay Multicast networks in mobile ad-hoc environments have received much attention due to their increasing number of practical applications. Although overlay multicast...
Abhishek P. Patil, Yunhao Liu, Lionel M. Ni, Li Xi...
— Vehicular ad hoc networking is an important component of Intelligent Transportation Systems. The main benefit of vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) communication is seen in activ...