— There is currently much debate in defining what form the Future Internet will take [22, 23, 24]. The current Internet is struggling to meet the needs of an ever-evolving societ...
Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Dmitri Botvich, Ray Ca...
Abstract— The Virtual Node Layer (VNLayer) is a programtraction for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). It defines simple virtual servers at fixed locations in a network, addressi...
Jiang Wu, Nancy D. Griffeth, Nancy A. Lynch, Calvi...
Quorum-based Power Saving (QPS) protocols have been proposed for ad hoc networks (e.g., IEEE 802.11 ad hoc mode) to increase energy efficiency and prolong the operational time of...
— The joint cooperative processing of transmitted signal from several multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) base station (BS) antenna heads is considered for users located within...
A broadcast protocol allows a sender to distribute a message through a point-to-point network to a set of parties, such that (i) all parties receive the same message, even if the s...