A MAC protocol with directional antennas for deafness avoidance in ad hoc networks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 620-625

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

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; TRANSMITTERS;

DEAFNESS AVOIDANCE; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; NEIGHBOR NODES; PACKET NOTIFICATION;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 39349115709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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