Efficient MAC strategies for the IEEE 802.11n wireless LANs

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-466

  Xiao, Yang ^a,b,c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

^c ACM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed coordination function (DCF); IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11e; IEEE 802.11n; Medium access control (MAC)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION (DCF); IEEE 802.11E; IEEE 802.11N; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC);

CODES (STANDARDS); CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745335065     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.274     Document Type: Article

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