Achieving optimal performance by using the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol with service differentiation enhancements

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1374-1387

  Li, Bo ^a   Battiti, Roberto ^b   Fang, Yong ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC); Performance analysis; Service differentiation; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL; OPTIMAL OPERATION POINT; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 34249685509     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.895565     Document Type: Article

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