Re: [manet] Hiden- & exposed terminal problem in MANET

[David Young <dyoung@ojctech.com>]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 01:53:08PM -0400, Phillip Neumiller wrote:
> The solution to hidden nodes is MUCH easier.  Get rid of the omni
> antennas and hidden node, exposed node, self-interference all go
> away.  This is easier said than done.  This is the "real" solution
> since it gets rid of the problem rather than dancing around it
> at the MAC layer with RTS CTS handshaking.  
> 

Phillip,

What omni replacement do you have in mind?  How does it solve the
problem? Do you have in mind a so-called "smart antenna" whose beam can
be pointed by software?

Dave

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