Xian: Cross-layer Interface for wireless Ad hoc Networks

Xian documentation:

Project publications:

Herve Aiache, Vania Conan, Laure Lebrun, Jeremie Leguay, Stephane Rousseau, Damien Thoumin.
XIAN Automated Management and Nano-Protocol to Design Cross-Layer Metrics for Ad hoc Networking.
IFIP Networking 2008. Singapore - May 2008. pdf

Herve Aiache, Vania Conan, Laure Lebrun, Jeremie Leguay, Stephane Rousseau, Damien Thoumin.
Design d'une interface cross-layer et implementation de metriques complexes pour les reseaux ad-hoc.
Colloque francophone sur l’ingenierie des protocoles - CFIP 2008. Les Arcs, France - March 2008. pdf

Herve Aiache, Vania Conan, Jeremie Leguay, Mikael Levy.
XIAN: Cross-Layer Interface for Wireless Ad hoc Networks.
Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net). Lipari, Italy - Juin 2006. pdf

Related projects and implementations:

Linux:
- Madwifi - Linux driver for 802.11a/b/g Atheros cards.
- Madwifi Stripped / Click Wifi Driver
- Linux Wireless Extensions
- PRAWN (Prototyping Architecture for Wireless Networks)
- Wireless Drivers
Windows:
- Java Wireless Research API (JWRAPI) - a java packet for 802.11 development, capable of sending and receiving 802.11 raw packets.
- Wireless Research API (WRAPI) - a software library that allows applications running in user space on mobile end stations to query information about the IEEE 802.11 network they are attached to.
- Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) - The primary purpose of NDIS is to define a standard API for "Network Interface Cards" (NIC's).
- Windows Network Development - NDIS programming in Microsoft MSDN.