Deafness: A MAC problem in ad hoc networks when using directional antennas

Proceedings - International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 283-292

  Choudhury, Romit Roy ^a   Vaidya, Nitin H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION FAILURE; MAC PROTOCOLS; NODES; PACKET DROPS;

ANTENNAS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 17744377614     PISSN: 10921648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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