An overview of using directional antennas in wireless networks

HN Dai, KW Ng, M Li, MY Wu - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with omni‐directional antennas, directional antennas have many merits, such as
lower interference, better spatial reuse, longer transmission range, and improved network …

Joint design of UAV trajectory and directional antenna orientation in UAV-enabled wireless power transfer networks

X Yuan, Y Hu, A Schmeink - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we investigate an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless power
transfer (WPT) network with multiple ground sensor nodes (SNs). A UAV is operated at a …

Medium access control for 60 GHz outdoor mesh networks with highly directional links

R Mudumbai, SK Singh, U Madhow - IEEE INFOCOM 2009, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate an architecture for multi-Gigabit outdoor mesh networks operating in the
unlicensed 60 GHz" millimeter (mm) wave" band. In this band, the use of narrow beams is …

[图书][B] 802.11 wireless networks: security and analysis

A Holt, CY Huang - 2010 - books.google.com
Page 1 ALAN HOLT CH-YU HUANG 802.11 Wireless Networks Security and Analysis
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS © Springer AND NETWORKS Page 2 Computer …

On connectivity of wireless sensor networks with directional antennas

Q Wang, HN Dai, Z Zheng, M Imran, AV Vasilakos - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we investigate the network connectivity of wireless sensor networks with
directional antennas. In particular, we establish a general framework to analyze the network …

Modeling and performance analysis of large-scale backscatter communication networks with directional antennas

Q Wang, Y Zhou - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Backscatter communication (BackCom) constitutes intriguing technology that enables low-
power devices in transmitting signals by reflecting ambient radio frequency (RF) signals that …

Interference modeling in CSMA multi-hop wireless networks

A Busson, G Chelius, JM Gorce - 2009 - inria.hal.science
In analytical studies of multi-hop wireless networks, the spatial distribution of transmitters is
typically modeled using a homogeneous Poisson point process. In this report, we show why …

A self-organization framework for wireless ad hoc networks as small worlds

A Banerjee, R Agarwal, V Gauthier… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motivated by the benefits of small-world networks, we propose a self-organization framework
for wireless ad hoc networks. We investigate the use of directional beamforming for creating …

Directional antennas improve the link-connectivity of interference limited ad hoc networks

O Georgiou, S Wang, MZ Bocus… - 2015 IEEE 26th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study wireless ad hoc networks in the absence of any channel contention or transmit
power control and ask how antenna directivity affects network connectivity in the interference …

Connectivity analysis of wireless ad hoc networks with beamforming

X Zhou, S Durrani, HM Jones - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an analytical model for evaluating the impact of shadowing and
beamforming on the connectivity of wireless ad hoc networks accommodating nodes …