Optimal MAC packet size in networks without cut-through routing

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-910

  Mitlin, Vlad ^a  

^a Metric Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow control; IEEE 80211; IEEE 80216; Medium access control (MAC); Optimization; Transmission control protocol (TCP) internet protocol (IP)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ERROR DETECTION; FLOW CONTROL; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROUTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THROUGHPUT;

IEEE 80211; IEEE 80216; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOLS (TCP)/INTERNET PROTOCOLS (IP);

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 3042727943     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2003.816773     Document Type: Article

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