How is the capacity of ad hoc networks improved with directional antennas?

Wireless Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-648

  Yi, Su ^a   Pei, Yong ^b   Kalyanaraman, Shivkumar ^a   Azimi Sadjadi, Babak ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc network; Capacity; Directional antenna

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THROUGHPUT;

OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; UNIT AREA DOMAIN;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 34547507669     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-006-8147-0     Document Type: Article

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