Optimal CWmin selection for achieving proportional fairness in multi-rate 802.11e WLANs: Test-bed implementation and evaluation

WiNTECH 2006 - Proceedings of the First ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization (co-located with MobiCom 2006)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 41-48

  Siris, Vasilios A ^a   Stamatakis, George ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fairness definition; Short term fairness; Throughput differentiation

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; PACKET NETWORKS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FAIRNESS DEFINITION; SHORT-TERM FAIRNESS; THROUGHPUT DIFFERENTIATION;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34247368929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1160987.1160996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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