VoIP over WLAN: Voice capacity, admission control, QoS, and MAC

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-508

  Cai, Lin ^a,c   Xiao, Yang ^b   Shen, Xuemin ^a   Mark, Jon W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d IEEE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission control; MAC; Network capacity; QoS; VoIP; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ADMISSION CONTROL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); NETWORK CAPACITY; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP); WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

INFORMATION THEORY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33646558619     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.801     Document Type: Article

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