A new protocol to mitigate the unheard RTS/CTS problem in networks with switched beam antennas

2007 2nd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 129-134

  RamMohan, Valli A ^a   Sethu, Harish ^a   Hosaagrahara, Madhusudan R ^a   Dandekar, Kapil R ^a  

^a Drexel University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS; RTS/CTS PROBLEMS; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNAS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 34548127541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWPC.2007.342587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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