Proactive scan: Fast handoff with smart triggers for 802.11 wireless LAN

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 749-757

  Haitao, Wu ^a   Kun, Tan ^a   Yongguang, Zhang ^a   Qian, Zhang ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH ASIA   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Handoff; Proactive scan; VoIP; WLAN

Indexed keywords

MOBILE DEVICES; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

PROACTIVE SCAN; SOFTWARE-ONLY CLIENT-ONLY SOLUTION C;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34548335256     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2007.93     Document Type: Conference Paper

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