We address deafness and directional hidden terminal problem that occur when MAC
protocols are designed for directional antenna based wireless multi-hop networks. Deafness …

The application of directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks offers numerous
benefits, such as the extended communication range, the increased spatial reuse, the …

Directional antenna has received intensive research interests in recent years due to its
potential to increase communication efficiency and resilience to interference and jamming …

Directional antennas are expected to provide significant improvements over omni-directional
antennas in wireless ad hoc networks. Directional MAC protocols, however, introduce new …

Directional antennas in multihop wireless networks offer a potential increase in the spatial
reuse of the wireless channel. However, existing directional MAC protocols are not capable …

In recent years, the employment of directional antennas in ad hoc networks has increased
significantly. In this paper, we propose a multi-channel MAC protocol for directional …

The use of directional antennas is a promising technique for the provision of high-speed
wireless local and personal area networks such as IEEE 802.11 ac, IEEE 802.11 ad, and …

Applying directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks offers numerous benefits, such as
extended communication range, increased spatial reuse, improved capacity and …

Recently, several MAC protocols using directional antennas, typically referred to as
directional MAC protocols, have been proposed for wireless ad hoc networks. Although …

Using directional antennas in ad hoc networks may introduce the well-known deafness
problem, exacerbate the hidden terminal problem and the exposed terminal problem, add …