QoS mechanisms for the MAC protocol of IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Wireless Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-349

  Gallardo, José R ^a   Medina, Paúl ^a   Zhuang, Weihua ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connection admission control; Leaky bucket constrained traffic; Medium access control; Packet scheduling; Quality of service; Wireless local area networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CONNECTION ADMISSION CONTROL; LEAKY-BUCKET CONSTRAINED TRAFFIC; PACKET SCHEDULING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247611403     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-006-7529-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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