eprintid: 221 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/02/21 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:15:51 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:15:51 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:13:35 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Guama, J.A. creators_name: Saad, N.M. title: Improving the performance of directional medium access control protocols with smart antennas for mobile ad hoc network ispublished: pub keywords: Access control; Ad hoc networks; Antenna arrays; Antennas; Medium access control; Mobile telecommunication systems; Modernization; Network protocols; Optical communication; Photonics; Routing protocols; Smart antennas; Telecommunication networks; Wireless networks; Wireless telecommunication systems, IEEE.802.11; International conferences; Mobile ad-hoc network; Mobile environments, Computer networks note: cited By 2; Conference of 4th IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, WOCN 2007 ; Conference Date: 2 July 2007 Through 4 July 2007; Conference Code:73243 abstract: In this paper, we conducted a comparison study of the existing directional MAC protocols that use Smart Antennas by contrasting their features. We found that, most of these protocols are not applicable in mobile environment. This investigation discusses the challenges in improving some of these Smart Antenna-based MAC protocols. We proposed to upgrade two protocols, Tone-DMAC protocol and Angular-MAC protocol. We proposed to model the behavior of these two protocols analytically and carry the improvement performance by using two omni-directional control packets. We suggested that using these two packets and Adaptive Array Antennas in the above protocols will make them applicable in mobile environment and as well as improve routing performance. ©2007 IEEE. date: 2007 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-50449088097&doi=10.1109%2fWOCN.2007.4284144&partnerID=40&md5=802dff9b7600b920c454645fe13dc530 id_number: 10.1109/WOCN.2007.4284144 full_text_status: none publication: 4th IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, WOCN 2007 place_of_pub: Singapore refereed: TRUE isbn: 1424410045; 9781424410040 citation: Guama, J.A. and Saad, N.M. (2007) Improving the performance of directional medium access control protocols with smart antennas for mobile ad hoc network. In: UNSPECIFIED.