Compared with omni‐directional antennas, directional antennas have many merits, such as
lower interference, better spatial reuse, longer transmission range, and improved network …

In this paper, we design and implement a long-range and broadband aerial communication
system using directional antennas (ACDA). The system integrates Wi-Fi devices with aerial …

BACKGROUND 0002. In wireless communications, smart antennas have the ability to
change radio beam transmission and reception patterns to make the best use of the wireless …

The demand for wireless bandwidth in indoor environments such as homes and offices
continues to increase rapidly. Although wireless technologies such as MIMO can reach link …

Recent work demonstrates that directional antennas have significant potential to improve
wireless network capacity in indoor environments. This paper provides a broader …

Directional antennas in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have several advantages
including the enhanced capacity of the network, longer range of transmission, better spatial …

Previous research on directional antennas has been confined mostly to medium access
control. However, it is necessary to evaluate the impact of directional antennas on the …

We report a first-of-its-kind realization of directional transmission for smartphone-like mobile
devices using multiple passive directional antennas, supported by only one RF chain. The …

In this paper, we study the design and development of airborne WiFi networks through
directional antennae. Specifically, we conduct an experimental study to investigate the …

Directional antennas in ad hoc networks offer many benefits compared with classical
omnidirectional antennas. The most important include significant increase of spatial reuse …