Wireless network performance enhancement via directional antennas : models, protocols, and systems
Title By: Matyjas, John D [Edited by] | Hu, Fei [Edited by] | Kumar, Sunil [Edited by]
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BookPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2016.Description: xvi, 511 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781498707534Subject(s): Antennas (Electronics) -- Design and construction | Wireless communication sytems -- Equipment and supplies | Computer network protocols | Network performance (Telecommunication) | Beamforming | Antenna radiation patternsDDC classification: 621.3841/35 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 621.38412 BO RF RF circuit design | 621.38412 BO RF RF circuit design | 621.38412 WI RE Wireless transceiver circuits : | 621.384135 WI RE Wireless network performance enhancement via directional antennas : | 621.384156 RA DI Radio wave propagation and channel modeling for Earth-space systems | 621.38418 QU BU Build your own transistor radios : | 621.384191 HA ND Handbook of position location : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; I: Directional Antennas; Chapter 1: Introduction: Switched/Steered Directional Antennas for Networking; Chapter 2: Design and Optimization of Wideband Log-Periodic Dipole Arrays under Requirements for High Gain, High Front-to-Back Ratio, Optimal Gain Flatness, and Low Side Lobe Level: The Application of Invasive Weed Optimization; II: Directional MAC; Chapter 3: Discovery Strategies for a Directional Wake-Up Radio in Mobile Networks; Chapter 4: Medium Access Control for Wireless Networks with Directional Antennas Chapter 5: IEEE 802.11ad Wireless Local Area Network and Its MAC PerformanceIII: Millimeter Wave; Chapter 6: MAC Layer Protocols for Wireless Networks with Directional Antennas; Chapter 7: Millimeter-Wave Wireless Networks: A Medium Access Control Perspective; Chapter 8: Directional MAC Protocols for 60 GHz Millimeter Wave WLANs; Chapter 9: Performance Improvements of mm-Wave Wireless Personal Area Networks Using Beamforming and Beamswitching; Chapter 10: Applications of Directional Networking in Military Systems; IV: MIMO Chapter 11: Design and Implementation of Directional Antenna-Based LOS-MIMO System for Gbps Wireless BackhaulChapter 12: MIMO and Cooperation in Cognitive Radio-Based Wireless Networks: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives; V: Advanced Topics; Chapter 13: Directional Antennas and Beamforming for Cognitive Radio-Based Wireless Networks; Chapter 14: Multicast Algorithm Design for Energy-Constrained Multihop Wireless Networks with Directional Antennas; Chapter 15: Connectivity of Large-Scale Wireless Networks with Directional Antennas Chapter 16: Bounds on the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks with Lossy Links and Directional AntennasVI: Applications; Chapter 17: Utilization of Directional Antennas in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Challenges and Design Guidelines; Chapter 18: Military Networks Enabled by Directional Antennas; Chapter 19: Military Applications of Directional Mesh Networking; Chapter 20: Collaborative and Opportunistic Content Dissemination via Directional Antennas; Chapter 21: The Evolution of Directional Networking Systems Architecture; Back Cover.
Directional antenna technologies have made significant advancements in the last decade. These advances have opened the door to many exciting new design opportunities for wireless networks to enhance quality of service (QoS), performance, and network capacity. In this book, experts from around the world present the latest research and development in wireless networks with directional antennas. Their contributed chapters provide detailed coverage of the models, algorithms, protocols, and applications of wireless networks with various types of directional antennas operating at different frequency bands.