A MAC protocol for directional hidden terminal and minor lobe problems

7th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 210-219

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

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PORT TERMINALS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HIDDEN TERMINALS; MAC PROTOCOLS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 51249083751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WTS.2008.4547567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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