A receiver-initiated directional MAC protocol for handling deafness in ad hoc networks

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 4089-4095

  Takata, Masanori ^a   Bandai, Masaki ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS; POLLING TABLE; RI-DMAC (RECEIVER-INITIATED DIRECTIONAL MAC);

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 39349114712     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2006.255721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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