Adaptive MAC protocols for broadcast networks with bursty traffic

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 553-557

  Papadimitriou, Georgios I ^a   Pomportsis, Andreas S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive protocols; Broadcast communication networks; Bursty traffic; Medium access control (MAC)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; RADIO STATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE PROTOCOLS; BROADCAST COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; BURSTY TRAFFIC; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

EID: 0038715478     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2003.810794     Document Type: Letter

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