Performance enhancement of 802.11 wireless LAN for asymmetric traffic using an adaptive MAC layer protocol

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 753-757

  Wang, Xiaowen ^a   Mujtaba, Syed Aon ^a  

^a AGERE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ASYMMETRIC TRAFFIC; SYMMETRIC TRAFFIC;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0036445702     PISSN: 07400551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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