Reducing MAC layer handoff latency in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs

MobiWac'04 - Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Mobility Management and Wireless Access Protocols

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-26

  Shin, Sangho ^a   Forte, Andrea G ^a   Rawat, Anshuman Singh ^b   Schulzrinne, Henning ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast Handoff; IEEE 802.11; Selective scanning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

FAST HANDOFF; IEEE 802.11; MAC LAYERS; SELECTIVE SCANNING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 15344345300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1023783.1023788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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