Performance improvements of integrating ad hoc operations into infrastructure IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1123-1137

  Yin, Zhanping ^a   Leung, Victor C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

802.11; Ad hoc; Infrastructure; WLAN

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; SERVERS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AD HOC OPERATIONS; IEEE 802.11; INFRASTRUCTURE; PACKET DELAY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 18944408048     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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