On the performance characteristics of WLANs: Revisited

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-108

  Choi, Sunwoong ^a   Park, Kihong ^b   Kim, Chong Kwon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

DCF performance; Inter layer dependence; Physical layer diversity; Rate control; TCP over WLAN performance

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DCF PERFORMANCE; INTER-LAYER DEPENDENCE; PHYSICAL LAYER DIVERSITY; RATE CONTROL; TCP-OVER-WLAN PERFORMANCE;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33244462222     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: 01635999     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1071690.1064225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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