In signal field reconstruction applications of sensor network, the locations where the measurements are retrieved from affect the reconstruction performance. In this paper, we consider the design of medium access control (MAC) protocols in sensor networks with mobile access for the desirable information retrieval pattern to minimize the reconstruction distortion. Taking both performance and imp...

The use of directional antennas in support of ad hoc networks has been considered a promising alternative to improve spatial division multiple access and throughput. In general, directional Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols are based on IEEE 802.11 standard, which was designed for omnidirectional communication. When applied to directional communication, the standard imposes a number of cons...

This paper presents an analytical approach to model the bi-directional multi-channel IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols (Bi-MCMAC) for ad hoc networks. Extensive simulation work has been done for the performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols. Since simulation has several limitations, this work is primarily based on the analytical approach. The objective of this paper is to show analytically th...

Cognitive Radio (CR) is a new communication network paradigm introduced to solve the problems of spectrum scarcity and inefficient spectrum usage. Basically, it allows the Secondary Users (SUs) to utilize the Licensed Channels (LCs) of the Primary Users (PUs) in an opportunistic manner without causing any harmful interference to the PUs. However, there are many challenges associated with cognit...

WBANs provide communication services in the vicinity of the human body. Since WBANs utilize both MICS frequency band for implant medical applications and ISM frequency band for medical and consumer electronics (CE) applications, MAC protocols in WBAN should be designed considering flexibility between medical and CE applications. In this letter, we identify the requirements of WBAN MAC protocols...

Mobility in wireless sensor networks poses unique challenges to the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol design. Previous MAC protocols for sensor networks assume static sensor nodes and focus on energy-efficiency. In this paper, we present MMAC, a mobility-adaptive, collision-free MAC protocol for mobile sensor networks. MMAC caters for both weak mobility (e.g. topology changes, node joins and...

Wireless ad hoc networks enable over-the-air information exchange among (mobile) entities without a fixed infrastructure, and are very attractive for many commercial and military applications where pre-existing infrastructures are either infeasible or too expensive. However, this new form of communications poses new challenges to traditional networking architectures and protocols designed for w...