Improving QoS and throughput in single- and multihop WLANs through dynamic traffic prioritization

IEEE Network

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 35-44

  Iera, Antonio ^a,b   Molinaro, Antonella ^a   Ruggeri, Giuseppe ^a   Tripodi, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS (EDCA); WIRELESS LAN;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 23644440502     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2005.1470681     Document Type: Article

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