Sliding contention window (SCW): Towards backoff range-based service differentiation over IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN networks

IEEE Network

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Nafaa, Abdelhamid ^a   Ksentini, Adlen ^a   Mehaoua, Ahmed ^a   Ishibashi, Brent ^b   Iraqi, Youssef ^b   Boutaba, Raouf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION (EDCF); IEEE 802.11; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION; SLIDING CONTENTION WINDOW (SCW);

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 23444432622     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2005.1470682     Document Type: Article

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