Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol for wireless LANs

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-569

  Chatzimisios, P ^a   Boucouvalas, A C ^a   Vitsas, V ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

DCF; IEEE 802.11; Packet delay; Performance evaluation; Retry limits; Wireless LANs

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DCF; PACKET DELAY; PERFORMATION EVALUATION; WIRELESS LANS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 23744454135     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.717     Document Type: Article

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