Cognitive radio (CR) is the enabling technology for supporting dynamic spectrum access:
the policy that addresses the spectrum scarcity problem that is encountered in many …

With the advances in wireless technologies and the explosive growth of the Internet,
wireless networks, especially Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), are going through an …

The ability of newer generations of commercially available radios used on the sensor nodes
to tune their operating frequency over different channels provides an opportunity to alleviate …

This paper studies the performance of Non-persistent CSMA/CA protocols with Exponential
Backoff scheduling algorithms. A multi-queue single-server system is proposed to model …

The next generation surveillance and multimedia systems will become increasingly
deployed as wireless sensor networks in order to monitor parks, public places and for …

To accommodate real-time multimedia application while satisfying application QoS
requirements in a wireless ad-hoc network, we need QoS control mechanisms. In this paper …

Distributed Information SHaring (DISH) is a new cooperative approach to designing
multichannel MAC protocols. It aids nodes in their decision making processes by …

In this paper, an analytical model is proposed to calculate the network throughput of
dedicated control channel protocols that are designed to schedule multiple packets to be …

Multi-channel assignments are becoming the solution of choice to improve performance in
single radio for wireless networks. Multi-channel allows wireless networks to assign different …

Abstract Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged recently as a technology for
providing high‐speed last mile connectivity in next‐generation wireless networks. Several …