An enhanced inter-access point protocol for uniform intra and intersubnet handoffs

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-334

  Chou, Chun Ting ^a   Shin, Kang G ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast smooth handoff; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; Mobile IP; TCP performance

Indexed keywords

FAST/SMOOTH HANDOFF; IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LAN; MOBILE IP; TCP PERFORMANCE;

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 22944487012     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2005.49     Document Type: Article

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