An enhancement to the IEEE 802.11e EDCA providing QoS guarantees

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 195-212

  Hamidian, Ali ^a   Körner, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Admission control and scheduling; QoS IEEE 802.11e distributed MAC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADMISSION CONTROL AND SCHEDULING; COORDINATION FUNCTION; EDCA; MAC PROTOCOL; QOS - IEEE 802.11E - DISTRIBUTED MAC; WLANS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 33645555191     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: 15729451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11235-006-6520-z     Document Type: Article

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