… Gupta and Kumar have shown that the capacity of an ad hoc network does not scale …
antennas [6]. We investigate the capacity of ad hoc wireless networks using directional antennas. In …

… problem of developing a complete ad hoc networking system, … present utilizing directional
antennas for ad hoc networking (… of steered or switched antenna systems in an ad hoc network. …

… the use of directional antennas in mobile ad hoc networks, or … The deployment of directional
antennas in MANETs is more … making it harder for directional antennas to beamform towards …

… This paper considers two medium access control protocols for ad hoc networks using
directional antennas. The results show that the performance of the system improves in terms of …

… directional antennas. In this paper, we propose the use of directional antennas for
communications in ad-hoc … that come from the use of directional antennas can be significant. In …

… for directional communication. Our analysis shows that by using directional antennas, ad
hoc networks … However, scenarios exist in which omnidirectional antennas may be suitable. …

… protocol for ad hoc networks using directional antennas. This protocol, called directional
self-… deterministic broadcast protocol using omnidirectional antennas. Compared with its omni…

… in using directional antennas in ad hoc routing. Although problems with utilizing directional
antennas … To determine whether directional antennas are beneficial to ad hoc networks, it is …

… The MAC protocol presented in this paper proposes a simple yet effective scheme for
using directional antennas in ad hoc networks. The protocol uses a variation of the RTS/CTS …

… ad hoc networks, which we call wireless networks for simplicity. Recently, directional antennas
… [15], [16] study the connectivity problem in wireless networks using directional antennas. …