On false blocking in RTS/CTS-based multihop wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 849-862

  Ray, Saikat ^a,b   Starobinski, David ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Bridgeport   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Access control; Markov processes; Protocols; Simulation; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; BLOCKING PROBABILITY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PACKET NETWORKS;

FALSE BLOCKING; MULTIHOP WIRELESS NETWORKS; REQUEST-TO-SEND/CLEAR-TO-SEND MECHANISM;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34147168104     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.891476     Document Type: Article

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