SpotMAC: A pencil-beam MAC for wireless mesh networks

Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 81-88

  Chin, Kwan Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE PROCESS; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; HIDDEN TERMINAL PROBLEM; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 40949155539     PISSN: 10952055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2007.4317801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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