Inter-AP coordination for fair throughput in infrastructure-based IEEE 802.11 mesh networks

IWCMC 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1363-1368

  Zhao, Dongmei ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fairness; IEEE 802.11; Mesh networks; Throughput

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THROUGHPUT; APARTMENT HOUSES; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; MOBILE COMPUTING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BASIC SERVICE SETS (BSS); FAIRNESS; FREQUENCY CHANNELS; MESH NETWORKS; MOBILE STATIONS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCESS POINTS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BASIC SERVICE SETS; COORDINATION SCHEME; COVERAGE AREA; FREQUENCY CHANNELS; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11 NETWORKS; IEEE 802.11S; INTERFERENCE LEVEL; MESH NETWORK; MOBILE STATION; NETWORK CONDITION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS;

EID: 34247388908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1143549.1143822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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