Proportional fair throughput allocation in multirate IEEE 802.11e wireless LANs

Wireless Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 649-662

  Banchs, Albert ^a   Serrano, Pablo ^a   Oliver, Huw ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LM Ericsson Holdings Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

802.11; 802.11e; Contention window; Heterogeneous radio conditions; Multirate; Proportional fairness; QoS; Throughput allocation; TXOP limit; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS; THROUGHPUT;

BIT RATES; CONTENTION WINDOW; MULTIRATE; RADIO CONDITIONS; TXOP LIMIT;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34547545923     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-006-6972-9     Document Type: Article

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