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ICPADS
2002
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
The Impact of RTS Threshold on IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol
Wireless technologies and applications received great attention in recent years. The medium access control (MAC) protocol is the main element that determines the efficiency in sha...
Shiann-Tsong Sheu, Tobias Chen, Jenhui Chen, Fun Y...
UIC
2007
Springer
16 years 1 days ago
Maximizing Network Lifetime Under Reliability Constraints Using a Cross-Layer Design in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract. Recent experimental studies have shown that radio links between low-power devices are extremely unreliable. In particular, the instability and unpredictability of low-pow...
Shan Guo Quan, Young Yong Kim
ICC
2008
IEEE
121views Communications» more  ICC 2008»
16 years 11 days ago
Performance of ALOHA and CSMA in Spatially Distributed Wireless Networks
—In this paper the performance of unslotted ALOHA and CSMA are analyzed in spatially distributed wireless networks. Users/packets arrive randomly in space and time according to a...
Mariam Kaynia, Nihar Jindal
ICC
2008
IEEE
138views Communications» more  ICC 2008»
16 years 11 days ago
An Opportunistic Directional MAC Protocol for Multihop Wireless Networks with Switched Beam Directional Antennas
— Directional antennas in multihop wireless networks offer a potential increase in the spatial reuse of the wireless channel. However, existing directional MAC protocols are not ...
Osama Bazan, Muhammad Jaseemuddin