On the effectiveness of DVB-T for the support of IP-based services in heterogeneous wireless networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-73

  Kouis, Dimitris ^b   Loukatos, Dimitris ^b   Kontovasilis, Kimon ^a   Kormentzas, George ^a,c   Skianis, Charalabos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composite radio; DVB; GPRS; Heterogeneous wireless networks; Operational scenario; Performance evaluation; Systems beyond 3G; WLAN

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; BROADCASTING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; USER INTERFACES; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPOSITE RADIO; DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST (DVB); GPRS; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SYSTEMS BEYOND 3G; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 15344348166     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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