Software implementation and empirical evaluation of the homeMAC: QoS based MAC protocol for the home network

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E85-B, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 623-632

  Hwang, Won Joon ^a   Tode, Hideki ^a   Murakami, Koso ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home network; HomePNA; MAC protocol; Protocol; QoS; Timed token

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; JITTER; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION; HOME NETWORK;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0036523951     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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