Optimizing parameters of a mobile ad hoc network protocol with a genetic algorithm
GECCO '05 Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Hop distances and flooding in wireless multihop networks with randomized beamforming
MSWiM '05 Proceedings of the 8th ACM international symposium on Modeling, analysis and simulation of wireless and mobile systems
Experimental comparisons between SAODV and AODV routing protocols
WMuNeP '05 Proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on Wireless multimedia networking and performance modeling
On Designing MAC Protocols for Wireless Networks Using Directional Antennas
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
MCMSDA: A Multi-Channel Multi-Sector Directional Antenna Wireless LAN
WOWMOM '06 Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on on World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
Energy-efficient multicast with directional antennae and localized tree reconfiguration
Proceedings of the 9th ACM international symposium on Modeling analysis and simulation of wireless and mobile systems
Quality of service games in an IEEE 802.11 ad hoc wireless LAN
Proceedings of the 9th ACM international symposium on Modeling analysis and simulation of wireless and mobile systems
Cross-layer designs for mitigating range attacks in ad hoc networks
PDCN'06 Proceedings of the 24th IASTED international conference on Parallel and distributed computing and networks
A survey on real-world implementations of mobile ad-hoc networks
Ad Hoc Networks
Performance evaluation of an anonymity providing protocol for wireless ad hoc networks
Performance Evaluation - Performance modelling and evaluation of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
MobiSteer: using steerable beam directional antenna for vehicular network access
Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Mobile systems, applications and services
60-GHz millimeter-wave radio: principle, technology, and new Results
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
JAVeLEN - An ultra-low energy ad hoc wireless network
Ad Hoc Networks
Spatial multiplexing gains for realistic sized ad hoc networks with directional antenna arrays
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Spatial multiplexing gains for realistic sized ad hoc networks with directional antenna arrays
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Cooperative cross layer MAC protocols for directional antenna ad hoc networks
ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review
A MAC protocol for low-rate UWB wireless sensor networks using directional antennas
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
RI-DMAC: a receiver-initiated directional MAC protocol for deafness problem
International Journal of Sensor Networks
Experimental characterization of sectorized antennas in dense 802.11 wireless mesh networks
Proceedings of the tenth ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking and computing
Beamforming in ad hoc networks: MAC design and performance modeling
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
Neighbor discovery in wireless networks and the coupon collector's problem
Proceedings of the 15th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Minimizing detection probability routing in ad hoc networks using directional antennas
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on wireless network security
A warning based preemptive routing scheme for QoS maintenance in wireless ad hoc networks
Proceedings of the 6th ACM symposium on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Multiuser detection based MAC design for ad hoc networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Improvement of multi-channel MAC protocol for dense VANET with directional antennas
WCNC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE conference on Wireless Communications & Networking Conference
Routing and admission control for wireless mesh networks with directional antennas
WCNC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE conference on Wireless Communications & Networking Conference
DPDP: An Algorithm for Reliable and Smaller Congestion in the Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
SEUS '09 Proceedings of the 7th IFIP WG 10.2 International Workshop on Software Technologies for Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems
Directional antenna for multipath ad hoc routing
CCNC'09 Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Conference on Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
On the design of medium access control for multi-Gbps wireless networks in 60-GHz bands
CCNC'09 Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Conference on Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
Millimeter-wave soldier-to-soldier communications for covert battlefield operations
IEEE Communications Magazine
Blockage and directivity in 60 GHz wireless personal area networks
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special issue on realizing GBPS wireless personal area networks
IEEE Communications Letters
Directional medium access control for ad hoc networks
Wireless Networks
SSS'06 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Stabilization, safety, and security of distributed systems
On the effectiveness of switched beam antennas in indoor environments
PAM'08 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Passive and active network measurement
A directional MAC protocol with deafness avoidance for UWB wireless sensor networks
ICC'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Communications
A Shoelace-Based QoS Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antenna
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
On channel-discontinuity-constraint routing in wireless networks
INFOCOM'10 Proceedings of the 29th conference on Information communications
Distributed coordination with deaf neighbors: efficient medium access for 60 GHz mesh networks
INFOCOM'10 Proceedings of the 29th conference on Information communications
Capacity of hybrid wireless networks with directional antenna and delay constraint
IEEE Transactions on Communications
Power-efficient directional wireless communication on small form-factor mobile devices
Proceedings of the 16th ACM/IEEE international symposium on Low power electronics and design
Fast beam training for mmWave communication system: from algorithm to circuits
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM international workshop on mmWave communications: from circuits to networks
On the performance of a distributed key management scheme in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks
MILCOM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE conference on Military communications
A directional MAC protocol for ad hoc networks
MILCOM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE conference on Military communications
Integrating directional links with omni-directional tactical MANET stack: an experimental analysis
MILCOM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE conference on Military communications
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Measurement-based link scheduling for maritime mesh networks with directional antennas
International Journal of Network Management
An interference-aware routing metric for Wireless Mesh Networks
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Neighbor discovery in wireless networks with multipacket reception
MobiHoc '11 Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Power-Controlled directional medium access control for wireless mesh networks
EURO-NGI'05 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Wireless Systems and Network Architectures in Next Generation Internet
Interference mitigation in WSN by means of directional antennas and duty cycle control
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
Using Direction of Arrival to Estimate Obstacle Areas in Cognitive Sensor Environments
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
EWSN'13 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Wireless Sensor Networks
International Journal of Automation and Computing
Efficient algorithms for neighbor discovery in wireless networks
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
On channel-discontinuity-constraint routing in wireless networks
Ad Hoc Networks
On Busy-Tone Based MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks with Directional Antennas
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
Journal of High Speed Networks
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Directional antennas offer tremendous potential for improving the performance of ad hoc networks. Harnessing this potential, however, requires new mechanisms at the medium access and network layers for intelligently and adaptively exploiting the antenna system. While recent years have seen a surge of research into such mechanisms, the problem of developing a complete ad hoc networking system, including the unique challenge of real-life prototype development and experimentation has not been addressed. In this paper, we present utilizing directional antennas for ad hoc networking (UDAAN). UDAAN is an interacting suite of modular network- and medium access control (MAC)-layer mechanisms for adaptive control of steered or switched antenna systems in an ad hoc network. UDAAN consists of several new mechanisms-a directional power-controlled MAC, neighbor discovery with beamforming, link characterization for directional antennas, proactive routing and forwarding-all working cohesively to provide the first complete systems solution. We also describe the development of a real-life ad hoc network testbed using UDAAN with switched directional antennas, and we discuss the lessons learned during field trials. High fidelity simulation results, using the same networking code as in the prototype, are also presented both for a specific scenario and using random mobility models. For the range of parameters studied, our results show that UDAAN can produce a very significant improvement in throughput over omnidirectional communications.