The use of directional antenna in wireless ad hoc networks potentially increases
simultaneous communication by directing the transmitting and receiving beams towards the …

Unique advantages of directional antennas have attracted much interest of the researchers,
such as longer transmission distance, large transmission antenna gains and large spatial …

The use of directional communication can result in higher performance of ad hoc networks in
terms of throughput and delay. To exploit these advantages, we propose a system …

In this paper, we present a performance study of applying directional antenna to
infrastructure-based wireless LAN networks. We focus on high-density (HD) deployment, in …

Recently, several directional MAC (Medium Access Control) protocols have been proposed
for wireless ad hoc networks. Directional antennas have significant potentials to improve …

Higher throughput gains and prolonged life time can be achieved for mobile ad hoc
networks (MANET) with nodes equipped with directional antennas. The employment of …

Using directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks can significantly improve network
performance. However, the deafness problem greatly limits the network performance. This …

In this work we address the issue of deafness and hidden terminal problem in mobile ad hoc
networks (MANETs) using directional antennas. To minimize these effects, we propose a …

Use of directional antenna in the context of ad hoc wireless networks can largely reduce
radio interference, thereby improving the utilization of wireless medium. Our major …

In ad hoc networks, directional antennas offer many benefits compared with classical
omnidirectional antennas. Those include significant increases in spatial reuse, coverage …