Hierarchical analysis of RealMedia streaming traffic on an IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN

Computer Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 538-548

  Kuang, Tianbo ^a   Williamson, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multimedia streaming; Network traffic measurement; Wireless LANs

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MULTIMEDIA STREAMING; NETWORK TRAFFIC MEASUREMENTS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 1642410988     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2003.08.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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