On the design of opportunistic MAC protocols for multihop wireless networks with beamforming antennas

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-319

  Bazan, Osama ^a   Jaseemuddin, Muhammad ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beamforming antennas; medium access control; multihop wireless networks; spatial reuse.

Indexed keywords

BACK-OFF; BACKOFF MECHANISM; BEAMFORMING ANTENNA; BINARY EXPONENTIAL BACKOFF; CHANNEL UTILIZATION; COMMONLY USED; DEFAULT VALUES; DIRECTIONAL MEDIUM-ACCESS-CONTROL; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; HEAD OF LINE BLOCKING; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS; MULTIHOP WIRELESS NETWORK; OPPORTUNISTIC MAC PROTOCOLS; PACKET DELIVERY RATIO; PROTOCOL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL REUSE; TRANSMISSION FAILURES; TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIES; WAITING-TIME; WIRELESS MEDIUM;

AD HOC NETWORKS; ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; DESIGN; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; REUSABILITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 78751639641     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2010.68     Document Type: Article

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