The need of a medium access control (MAC) protocol for an efficient broadcast service is of
great importance to support the high-priority safety applications in vehicular ad hoc networks …

The design of an efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol for multichannel ad hoc
cognitive radio networks is an important problem and has been the topic of extensive recent …

Contention-based protocols for Medium Access Control (MAC) in Vehicular Ad-Hoc
Networks (VANET) are currently under development in several standardization …

This paper proposes an analytical model to investigate the performance of periodical
broadcast of safety messages in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), regarding a hybrid …

The scarcity of spectrum radio and the immense growth of mobile applications that demand
real-time data communications have raised several challenges in the level of medium …

Multichannel media access control (MAC) protocols have been widely considered for future
mobile ad hoc networks and various wireless data networks. However, ALOHA-based …

The Cognitive Radio Sensor Network (CRSN) is considered as a viable solution to enhance
various aspects of the electric power grid and to realize a smart grid. However, several …

Design of an efficient medium access control protocol is critical for proper functioning of a
distributed cognitive radio network and better utilization of the channels not being used by …

Basic Safety Messaging plays a crucial role to provide road safety in vehicular ad-hoc
networks (VANETs). To avoid potential accidents, vehicles periodically broadcast safety …

Since vehicular safety applications require periodic dissemination of status and emergency
messages, contention-based medium-access-control (MAC) protocols such as IEEE 802.11 …