The integration of directional antennas in ad-hoc networks offers tremendous potential for
improving the overall network performance. However, the use of directional antennas makes …

In Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), directional antenna is a good solution if longer
transmission distance is needed. When nodes are equipped with directional antennas …

Directional antennas provide tremendous potential for improving the performance of
wireless networks. However, the exploitation of this potential requires lots of efforts at the …

Neighbor discovery is a crucial step in the initialization of wireless ad hoc networks. When
directional antennas are used, this process becomes more challenging since two …

Neighbor discovery is a crucial initial step to establish connections among the nodes in Ad
hoc network. Multi-carrier modulation possesses superiority on parallel processing, which is …

Directional antennas provide great performance improvement for wireless networks, such as
increased network capacity and reduced energy consumption. Nonetheless new media …

Neighbor discovery is a crucial first step in configuring and managing a wireless network.
Most existing studies on neighbor discovery are based on broadcast algorithms, where …

Directional antennas offer great performance improvement for mobile ad hoc networks, but
this improvement requires new mechanisms at medium access and networking layer. One of …

Asynchronous system provides great performance improvement for wireless ad hoc
networks, such as anti-jamming, collision reduction and device simplification. Nevertheless …

In this paper we present a novel neighbor discovery protocol for networks with directional
antennas. The novelty of this protocol lies in two aspects. Firstly, in order to cope with …