Dynamic tuning of the IEEE 802.11 protocol to achieve a theoretical throughput limit

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 785-799

  Calì, Frederico ^b   Conti, Marco ^a,c   Gregori, Enrico ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b Aleph   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOL; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; STANDARDS; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0034467608     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.893874     Document Type: Article

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