On Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas: Efficient Collision and Deafness Avoidance Mechanisms

Wireless ad hoc networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of central control, ownership, and regulatory influence. Medium access control (MAC) in such networks poses extremely timely as well as important research and development challenges. Utilizing directional antenn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmed Safwat, Yihu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2008-09-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/867465