A distributed asynchronous directional-to-directional MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5124-5134

  Shihab, Emad ^a   Cai, Lin ^b   Pan, Jianping ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Directional antennas; Medium access control (MAC) protocols; Millimeter wave (mmWave)

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MM-WAVE;

ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 70450152079     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2024085     Document Type: Article

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