SYN-DMAC: A directional MAC protocol for ad hoc networks with synchronization

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2258-2263

  Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Fang, Yuguang ^a   Wu, Dapeng ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SYNCHRONIZATION;

HEAD-OF-LINE(HOL); HIDDEN TERMINAL PROBLEM; MAC PROTOCOL;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33847339717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1606005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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