On improving the performance of IEEE 802.11 with relay-enabled PCF

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-434

  Zhu, Hao ^a   Cao, Guohong ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11; Media access control; Rate adaptation; Relay

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY HOPPING; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

IEEE 802.11; MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL; RATE ADAPTATION; RELAY;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 3042838873     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MONE.0000031608.10301.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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