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Efficient deafness avoidance in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks with directional antennas

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Ahmed M. SafwatAuthors Info & Claims

PE-WASUN '05: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks

Pages 175 - 180

https://doi.org/10.1145/1089803.1089983

Published: 10 October 2005 Publication History

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Using directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks can significantly improve network performance. However, the deafness problem greatly limits the network performance. This paper thoroughly investigates two types of deafness problems, one of which is reported for the first time in this paper. This paper also proposes a new MAC scheme, namely DMAC-DA, to address both types of deafness problems. Simulation results show that deafness adversely affects the network throughput and that DMAC-DA alleviates the deafness problem and greatly improves the network performance. This paper also reveals that the second kind of deafness is more serious than the first.

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PE-WASUN '05: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks

October 2005

292 pages

ISBN:1595931821

DOI:10.1145/1089803

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University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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