Improving aggregated channel performance through decentralized channel monitoring

Computer Networks

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1675-1691

  Sharma, Puneet ^a   Brassil, Jack ^a   Lee, Sung Ju ^a   Shin, Kang G ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth aggregation; Monitoring system; Wireless community networks

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; MOBILE COMPUTING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

BANDWIDTH AGGREGATION; CHANNEL INTERFERENCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; POWER DISSIPATION; WIRELESS COMMUNITY NETWORKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33744548798     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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