Experimental evaluation of application performance with 802.11 PHY rate adaptation mechanisms in diverse environments

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2273-2278

  Yang, Yi ^a   Marina, Mahesh ^a   Bagrodia, Rajive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIMEDIA STREAMING; WIRELESS LINKS;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; VIDEO STREAMING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250326341     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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