Improving WLAN VoIP capacity through service differentiation

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 465-474

  Gao, Deyun ^a   Cai, Jianfei ^b   Foh, Chuan Heng ^b   Lau, Chiew Tong ^b   Ngan, King Ngi ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EDCA; Enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA); IEEE 802.11e wireless local area networks (WLANs); IEEE 802.11e WLANs; Medium access mechanisms; Service differentiation; Voice capacity; VoIP

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ACCESS CATEGORY; ACCESS POINT; ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 39549109335     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.905245     Document Type: Article

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