On the linear behaviour of the throughput of IEEE 802.11 DCF in non-saturated conditions

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 856-858

  Daneshgaran, F ^a   Laddomada, M ^b   Mesiti, F ^b   Mondin, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DCF; Distributed Coordination Function; IEEE 802.11; MAC; Saturation; Throughput; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET SWITCHING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

DATA LINK; DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MARKOVIAN STATE TRANSITION MODEL; PACKET ARRIVAL RATE;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 36448972762     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2007.071149     Document Type: Article

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