In this paper we discuss utility functions models to study Radio Resource Management. Our goal is to identify the characteristics of the wireless systems which make such theoretic...
Today, three different physical (PHY) layers for the IEEE 802.11 WLAN are available (802.11a/b/g); they all provide multi-rate capabilities. To achieve a high performance under v...
Mathieu Lacage, Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, Thierry...
Discrete event network simulators have emerged as popular tools for verification and performance evaluation for various wireless networks. Nevertheless, the desire to model such ...
Zhengrong Ji, Junlan Zhou, Mineo Takai, Rajive Bag...
A fundamental issue in the design of a wireless sensor network is to devise mechanisms to make efficient use of its energy, and thus, extend its lifetime. Due to the paramount imp...
Raquel A. F. Mini, Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Lourei...
In mobile ad hoc networks, node mobility causes links between nodes to break frequently, thus terminating the lifetime of the routes containing those links. An alternative route h...