Improving goodput in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs by using variable size and variable rate (VSVR) schemes

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-342

  Song, C I ^a   Sharif, Hamid ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Goodput performance; IEEE 802.11; Kalman filter; Link adaptation; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); KALMAN FILTERING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

GOODPUT PERFORMANCE; IEEE 802.11; KALMAN FILTER; LINK ADAPTATION; WIRELESS LAN;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 18844451777     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.227     Document Type: Article

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