Performance analysis of differentiated QoS in IEEE 802.11e WLANs

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 619-637

  Xu, Kenan ^a   Wang, Quanhong ^a   Hassanein, Hossam ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EDCF; IEEE802.11e; MAC; Markov chain; Quality of service (QoS); Service differentiation; WLANs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARBITRATION INTERFRAME SPACE (AIFS); CONTENTION WINDOW (CW); EDCF; IEEE802.11E; MAC; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MARKOV MODEL; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION; TRAFFIC CATEGORY (TC); WLANS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 24944518544     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.707     Document Type: Article

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