Title :
Medium access control protocols using directional antennas in ad hoc networks
Author :
Ko, Young-Bae ; Shankarkumar, Vinaychandra ; Vaidya, Nitin H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Using directional antennas can be beneficial for wireless ad hoc networks consisting of a collection of wireless hosts. To best utilize directional antennas, a suitable medium access control (MAC) protocol must be designed. Current MAC protocols, such as the IEEE 802.11 standard, do not benefit when using directional antennas, because these protocols have been designed for omnidirectional antennas. In this paper, we attempt to design new MAC protocols suitable for ad hoc networks based on directional antennas
Keywords :
access protocols; directive antennas; packet radio networks; MAC protocol; directional antennas; medium access control protocols; wireless ad hoc networks; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Adaptive arrays; Broadband antennas; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Packet radio networks;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM 2000. Nineteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tel Aviv
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5880-5
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2000.832169
