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Modified 802.11-Based <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

Modified 802.11-Based Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

In this paper, a modified 802.11-based opportunistic spectrum access is proposed for single-channel cognitive radio networks where primary... Read more

1 April, 2012
Distributed Maintenance of Cache Freshness in <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Mobile Networks

Distributed Maintenance of Cache Freshness in Opportunistic Mobile Networks

Opportunistic mobile networks consist of personal mobile devices which are intermittently connected with... Read more

15 March, 2012
Towards <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Data Dissemination in Mobile Phone Sensor Networks

Towards Opportunistic Data Dissemination in Mobile Phone Sensor Networks

...there has been a growing interest within the research community in developing opportunistic routing protocols. Many schemes have been proposed; however, they differ greatly in... Read more

23 February, 2012
Local Key Management in <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Networks

Local Key Management in Opportunistic Networks

Opportunistic networks are a new and specific type of mobile peer-to-peer... Read more

17 February, 2012
Distributed <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Scheduling: A Control Theoretic Approach

Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling: A Control Theoretic Approach

Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling (DOS) techniques have been recently proposed to improve the throughput performance... Read more

14 February, 2012
Utilizing Social Links for Location Privacy in <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Delay-Tolerant Networks

Utilizing Social Links for Location Privacy in Opportunistic Delay-Tolerant Networks

...concerned with improving location-privacy for users accessing location-based services in opportunistic DTNs. The authors design a protocol that offers location privacy through request... Read more

3 February, 2012
Empirical Evaluation of Hybrid <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Networks

Empirical Evaluation of Hybrid Opportunistic Networks

In this paper, the authors study the utility of opportunistic communication systems with the co-existence of network infrastructure using three real... Read more

1 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Wireless Network Coding With Relay Node Selection

Opportunistic Wireless Network Coding With Relay Node Selection

Broadcasting nature of wireless communications makes it possible to apply OPportunistic Network Coding (OPNC) by overhearing transmitted packets from a source to sink... Read more

29 December, 2011
Outage-Optimal <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Scheduling With Analog Network Coding in Multiuser Two-Way Relay Networks

Outage-Optimal Opportunistic Scheduling With Analog Network Coding in Multiuser Two-Way Relay Networks

This paper investigates the performance of an outage-optimal opportunistic scheduling scheme for a multiuser two-way relay network, wherein an analog... Read more

29 December, 2011
Probabilistic Framework for <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Spectrum Management in Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks

Probabilistic Framework for Opportunistic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks

Existing distributed opportunistic spectrum management schemes do not consider the inability of today's cognitive... Read more

28 November, 2011
A New Loop-Free Proactive Source Routing Scheme for <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Data Forwarding in Wireless Networks

A New Loop-Free Proactive Source Routing Scheme for Opportunistic Data Forwarding in Wireless Networks

Opportunistic Data Forwarding (ODF) has drawn much attention in wireless networking research in... Read more

1 November, 2011
<endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Cooperation in Cognitive Femtocell Networks

Opportunistic Cooperation in Cognitive Femtocell Networks

The authors investigate opportunistic cooperation between secondary (femtocell) users and primary (macrocell) users in cognitive femtocell... Read more

17 October, 2011
Multi-Channel <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Spectrum Access in Unslotted Primary Systems With Unknown Models

Multi-Channel Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Unslotted Primary Systems With Unknown Models

Multi-channel opportunistic spectrum access in unslotted primary systems is considered. The primary occupancy of... Read more

14 October, 2011
Exploring <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Access Techniques Using Stochastic Models: Dynamic Spectrum Access Without Sensing

Exploring Opportunistic Access Techniques Using Stochastic Models: Dynamic Spectrum Access Without Sensing

In this paper, the authors explore the use of stochastic approaches for opportunistic access based on models of primary user activity. They focus in particular... Read more

9 October, 2011
WiFi-Opp: Ad-Hoc-Less <endeca_term>Opportunistic</endeca_term> Networking

WiFi-Opp: Ad-Hoc-Less Opportunistic Networking

Opportunistic networking offers many appealing application perspectives from local social-networking applications to... Read more

23 September, 2011

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