Saturated throughput analysis of IEEE 802.11e EDCA

Computer Networks

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3047-3068

  Xiong, Lixiang ^a   Mao, Guoqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EDCA; IEEE 802.11e; Markov chain; Saturated throughput

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ARBITRATION INTERFRAME SPACES (AIFS); ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS (EDCA); TRAFFIC LOADS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 34248639849     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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