Energy efficient feedback-based scheduler for delay guarantees in IEEE 802.11e networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 2680-2692

  Boggia, G ^a   Camarda, P ^a   Grieco, L A ^a   Mascolo, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic bandwidth allocation; Feedback control; Power saving; QoS; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING;

DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION; POWER SAVING; WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE CARD (WNIC); WLAN;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33746773608     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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