Topic · Wireless Networks and Protocols
Most cited papers in Wireless Networks and Protocols
What are the most cited papers in Wireless Networks and Protocols?
The most cited paper in Wireless Networks and Protocols is "Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function" (Giuseppe Bianchi, 2000), with 8,706 citations. Next come "Dynamic Source Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks" (8,548) and "OpenFlow" (8,532).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 846 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function Giuseppe Bianchi · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | Mar 2000 | 8,706 |
| 2 | Dynamic Source Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks David B. Johnson, David A. Maltz | 25 Aug 2007 | 8,548 |
| 3 | OpenFlow Nick McKeown, Tom Anderson, Hari Balakrishnan et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 31 Mar 2008 | 8,532 |
| 4 | The capacity of wireless networks Piyush Kumar Gupta, P. R. Kumar · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory | Mar 2000 | 8,402 |
| 5 | A performance comparison of multi-hop wireless ad hoc network routing protocols Josh Broch, David A. Maltz, David B. Johnson et al. | 25 Oct 1998 | 4,688 |
| 6 | Mitigating routing misbehavior in mobile ad hoc networks Sergio Marti, TJ Giuli, Kevin Lai et al. | Aug 2000 | 3,439 |
| 7 | Versatile low power media access for wireless sensor networks Joseph Polastre, Jason Hill, David Culler | 3 Nov 2004 | 3,389 |
| 8 | A high-throughput path metric for multi-hop wireless routing Douglas S. J. De Couto, Daniel Aguayo, John Bicket et al. | 14 Sep 2003 | 3,370 |
| 9 | The broadcast storm problem in a mobile ad hoc network Sze-Yao Ni, Yu‐Chee Tseng, Yuh‐Shyan Chen et al. | Aug 1999 | 3,155 |
| 10 | Mobility increases the capacity of ad hoc wireless networks Matthias Grossglauser, David N. C. Tse · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | Aug 2002 | 2,883 |
| 11 | Geography-informed energy conservation for Ad Hoc routing Ya Xu, John Heidemann, Deborah L. Estrin | 16 Jul 2001 | 2,843 |
| 12 | Medium Access Control With Coordinated Adaptive Sleeping for Wireless Sensor Networks W. Ye, John Heidemann, Deborah L. Estrin · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | Jun 2004 | 2,751 |
| 13 | An adaptive energy-efficient MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks Tijs van Dam, Koen G. Langendoen | 5 Nov 2003 | 2,670 |
| 14 | A simple Cooperative diversity method based on network path selection A. Bletsas, A. Khisti, D.P. Reed et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | Mar 2006 | 2,537 |
| 15 | Routing in multi-radio, multi-hop wireless mesh networks Richard Draves, Jitendra Padhye, Brian Zill | 26 Sep 2004 | 2,470 |
| 16 | DSR: the dynamic source routing protocol for multihop wireless ad hoc networks David B. Johnson, David A. Maltz, Josh Broch | Mar 2001 | 2,338 |
| 17 | XORs in the Air: Practical Wireless Network Coding S. Katti, Hariharan Shankar Rahul, Wenjun Hu et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | Jun 2008 | 2,277 |
| 18 | Packet Switching in Radio Channels: Part I--Carrier Sense Multiple-Access Modes and Their Throughput-Delay Characteristics Leonard Kleinrock, Fouad A. Tobagi · IRE Transactions on Communications Systems | Dec 1975 | 2,207 |
| 19 | Location-aided routing (LAR) in mobile ad hoc networks Young‐Bae Ko, Nitin H. Vaidya | 25 Oct 1998 | 2,015 |
| 20 | Power-aware routing in mobile ad hoc networks Suresh Singh, Mike Woo, Cauligi S. Raghavendra | 25 Oct 1998 | 1,959 |
| 21 | Congestion avoidance and control Van L. Jacobson · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Aug 1988 | 1,947 |
| 22 | MACAW Vaduvur Bharghavan, Alan J. Demers, Scott J. Shenker et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Oct 1994 | 1,778 |
| 23 | Tool release Daniel Halperin, Wenjun Hu, Anmol N. Sheth et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 22 Jan 2011 | 1,764 |
| 24 | A simple distributed autonomous power control algorithm and its convergence G.J. Foschini, Zoran Miljanić · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology | 1993 | 1,747 |
| 25 | X-MAC Michael Buettner, Gary V. Yee, Eric Anderson et al. | 31 Oct 2006 | 1,695 |
| 26 | Minimum energy mobile wireless networks Volkan Rodoplu, T.H. Meng · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 1999 | 1,692 |
| 27 | Investigating the energy consumption of a wireless network interface in an ad hoc networking environment Laura Marie Feeney, Martin Nilsson | 13 Nov 2002 | 1,685 |
| 28 | The Horus WLAN location determination system Moustafa A. Youssef, Ashok K. Agrawala | 6 Jun 2005 | 1,664 |
| 29 | Capacity of Ad Hoc wireless networks Jinyang Li, Charles H. Blake, Douglas S. J. De Couto et al. | 16 Jul 2001 | 1,638 |
| 30 | Impact of interference on multi-hop wireless network performance Kamal Kishore Jain, Jitendra Padhye, Venkata N. Padmanabhan et al. | 14 Sep 2003 | 1,593 |
| 31 | A survey on position-based routing in mobile ad hoc networks Martin Mauve, Joerg Widmer, Hannes Hartenstein · IEEE Network | Nov 2001 | 1,566 |
| 32 | A survey of indoor positioning systems for wireless personal networks Yanying Gu, Anthony Lo, Ignas G. M. M. Niemegeers · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2009 | 1,548 |
| 33 | Adaptive clustering for mobile wireless networks Chun‐Hung Richard Lin, Mário Gerla · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 1997 | 1,534 |
| 34 | Taming the underlying challenges of reliable multihop routing in sensor networks Alec Woo, Terence Tong, David Culler | 5 Nov 2003 | 1,518 |
| 35 | Effective capacity: A wireless link model for support of quality of service Dapeng Oliver Wu, Rohit Negi · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications | May 2003 | 1,517 |
| 36 | Performance comparison of two on-demand routing protocols for ad hoc networks Charles E. Perkins, E.M. Royer, S.R. Das et al. · IEEE Personal Communications | 2001 | 1,498 |
| 37 | Multicluster, mobile, multimedia radio network Mário Gerla, Jack Tzu-Chieh Tsai · Wireless Networks | Sep 1995 | 1,478 |
| 38 | Architecture and algorithms for an IEEE 802.1 1 -based multi-channel wireless mesh network Ashish Raniwala, Tzi‐cker Chiueh | 24 Aug 2005 | 1,467 |
| 39 | Wireless sensor networks: A survey on the state of the art and the 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards Paolo Baronti, Prashant Pillai, Vince W.C. Chook et al. · Computer Communications | 30 Dec 2006 | 1,431 |
| 40 | Collection tree protocol Omprakash Gnawali, Rodrigo Fonseca, Kyle Jamieson et al. | 4 Nov 2009 | 1,406 |
| 41 | Optimized link state routing protocol for ad hoc networks Philippe Jacquet, Paul Mühlethaler, Thomas Clausen et al. | 14 Nov 2002 | 1,403 |
| 42 | On-demand multipath distance vector routing in ad hoc networks Mahesh K. Marina, S.R. Das | 24 Aug 2005 | 1,388 |
| 43 | ALOHA packet system with and without slots and capture Lawrence G. Roberts · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Apr 1975 | 1,386 |
| 44 | A comparison of mechanisms for improving TCP performance over wireless links Hari Balakrishnan, Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Srinivasan Seshan et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 1997 | 1,377 |
| 45 | Span Benjie Chen, Kyle Jamieson, Hari Balakrishnan et al. | 16 Jul 2001 | 1,367 |
| 46 | Dynamic tuning of the IEEE 802.11 protocol to achieve a theoretical throughput limit F. Cali, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 2000 | 1,362 |
| 47 | ExOR Sanjit Biswas, Robert Morris | 22 Aug 2005 | 1,356 |
| 48 | Efficient power control via pricing in wireless data networks Cem U. Saraydar, Narayan B. Mandayam, D.J. Goodman · IEEE Transactions on Communications | 2002 | 1,341 |
| 49 | Multi-channel mac for ad hoc networks Jungmin So, Nitin H. Vaidya | 24 May 2004 | 1,331 |
| 50 | Network-based wireless location: challenges faced in developing techniques for accurate wireless location information A.H. Sayed, A. Tarighat, N. Khajehnouri · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine | 28 Jun 2005 | 1,319 |
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