Performance Evaluation of Wireless Multihop Ad Hoc Networks Using IEEE 802.11 DCF Protocol

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E86-B, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3004-3012

  Hou, Ting Chao ^a   Wu, Chien Min ^a   Chan, Ming Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DCF; Goodput; Hop put; IEEE 802.11; Multihop

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRANSMISSION HOPS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0242580675     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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