A rate adaptation algorithm for IEEE 802.11 WLANs based on MAC-layer loss differentiation

2nd International Conference on Broadband Networks, BROADNETS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 709-717

  Pang, Qixiang ^a   Leung, Victor C M ^a   Liew, Soung C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Automatic rate fallback; DCF; IEEE 802.11; Loss differentiation; Rate adaptation; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

AUTOMATIC RATE FALLBACK; DCF; IEEE 802.11; LOSS DIFFERENTIATION; RATE ADAPTATION; WLAN;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33847030388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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