Investigation of the block ACK scheme in wireless ad hoc networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 877-888

  Li, Tianji ^a   Ni, Qiang ^a,b   Xiao, Yang ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block ACK (BTA); Medium access control (MAC); Wireless ad hoc networks

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; BLOCK ACK (BTA); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); TRANSMISSION BLOCK; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; ERROR ANALYSIS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THROUGHPUT;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749337004     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.447     Document Type: Article

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