MAC-layer capture: A problem in wireless mesh networks using beamforming antennas

2007 4th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 401-410

  Choudhury, Romit Roy ^a   Vaidya, Nitin ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD-HOC COMMUNICATIONS; ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; BEAMFORMING ANTENNAS; CHANNEL UTILIZATION; DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS; MAC LAYERS; MESH NETWORKS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPATIAL RE-USE; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; BEAMFORMING; COMMUNICATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

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EID: 48049110314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAHCN.2007.4292852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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