A scheduling-based medium access control protocol for supporting multi-class services in wireless networks

Computer Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-216

  Cheng, Sheng Tzong ^a   Tao, Ming Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Medium access control (MAC); Quality of service; Service difference; Weighted scheduling

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

MULTI-CLASS SERVICES; WEIGHTED SCHEDULING;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 33947191093     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxl063     Document Type: Article

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