An overview of using directional antennas in wireless networks

HN Dai, KW Ng, M Li, MY Wu - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… We call such wireless networks using omni-directional antennas as WONs. … call such wireless
networks using directional antennas as DAWNs, which usually have much higher network

On the capacity improvement of ad hoc wireless networks using directional antennas

S Yi, Y Pei, S Kalyanaraman - … symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
… using omnidirectional antennas [6]. We investigate the capacity of ad … wireless networks
using directional antennas. In this work, we consider arbitrary networks and random networks

Wireless networking with directional antennas for 60 GHz systems

Z Fan - 2008 14th European Wireless Conference, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… MAC and network routing protocols for 60 GHz wireless networks with directional antennas.
… the problem of hidden node due to directional communications. Further, when the direct, one…

Efficient broadcasting in ad hoc wireless networks using directional antennas

F Dai, J Wu - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… —Using directional antennas to conserve bandwidth and energy consumption in ad hoc
wireless networks (or simply ad hoc networks) … However, applications of directional antennas for …

On the capacity of multi-channel wireless networks using directional antennas

HN Dai, KW Ng, RCW Wong… - IEEE INFOCOM 2008-The …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… We derive the capacity bounds of MC-MDA networks under arbitrary … directional antennas
to multi-channel networks can greatly improve the network capacity due to increased network

The capacity of wireless ad hoc networks using directional antennas

P Li, C Zhang, Y Fang - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Abstract—Considering a disk of unit area with n nodes, we investigate the capacity of
wireless networks using directional antennas. First, we study the throughput capacity of random …

Communication in wireless networks with directional antennas

I Caragiannis, C Kaklamanis, E Kranakis… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
Directional antennas seem to have wide applicability not only for improving energy
consumption but also in security of adhoc networks… in a network with directional antennas with a …

On designing MAC protocols for wireless networks using directional antennas

RR Choudhury, X Yang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… of using directional antennas for medium access control in wireless ad hoc networks. Previous
… the rising interest in utilizing directional antennas more effectively for wireless networks. …

On neighbor discovery in wireless networks with directional antennas

S Vasudevan, J Kurose… - Proceedings IEEE 24th …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… in static wireless ad hoc networks with directional antennas. … also depends on the choice of
antenna beamwidth. We discuss in … INTRODUCTION Wireless ad-hoc networks, particularly, …

Energy-limited wireless networking with directional antennas: the case of session-based multicasting

JE Wieselthier, GD Nguyen… - … . Twenty-First Annual …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… the “wireless multicast advantage” property associated with omnidirectional antennas, namely
… , we demonstrate the issues that arise when directional antennas are used, and develop …