UPCF: A new point coordination function with QoS and power management for multimedia over wireless LANs

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 807-820

  Chou, Zi Tsan ^a,b   Hsu, Ching Chi ^b   Hsu, Shin Neng ^c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11; Medium access control (MAC); Multimedia; Point coordination function (PCF); Power management; Quality of service (QoS)

Indexed keywords

IEEE 802.11; MOBILE ASSISTED ADMISSION CONTROL TECHNIQUE; POINT COORDINATION FUNCTION (PCF); POWER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 33947171431     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2006.880170     Document Type: Article

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