Enhancing performance of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function via packet bursting

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 245-252

  Vitsas, V ^a   Chatzimisios, P ^b   Boucouvalas, A C ^b   Raptis, P ^a   Paparrizos, K ^c   Kleftouris, D ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PROBABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION (DCF); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); POINT COORDINATION FUNCTION (PCF); WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 20344407590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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