A fast handoff mechanism for IEEE 802.11 and IAPP networks

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 966-970

  Huang, Ping Jung ^a   Tseng, Yu Chee ^b   Tsai, Kun Cheng ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; MOBILE HOST (MH); SELECTIVE SCANNING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMPUTING; MULTICASTING;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34047122144     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2004.1388974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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