Service configuration and traffic distribution in composite radio environments

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Demestichas, Panagiotis P ^a   Stavroulaki, Vera Alexandra G ^b   Papadopoulou, Louisa Magdalene I ^b   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^c   Theologou, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broadband fixed wireless access; Cellular networks; Management systems; Nomadic user support and management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS; COMPOSITE RADIO ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING; NETWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0442279644     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2003.818500     Document Type: Article

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