Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel

2nd International Conference on Broadband Networks, BROADNETS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 551-557

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Block ACK; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11e; Medium access control; Saturation throughput; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

BLOCK ACK; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11E; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; SATURATION THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS LAN;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33847033762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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