Effects on IEEE 802.11 MAC throughput in wireless LAN over fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3321-3328

  Das, Anjali ^a   Mjeku, Majlinda ^a   Nkansah, Anthony ^a   Gomes, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access protocols; Radio over fiber; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ACCESS PROTOCOL; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; RADIO OVER FIBER; SINGLE ACCESS POINT;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 37249063161     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.906812     Document Type: Article

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