Performance analysis of RLC/MAC and LLC layers in a GPRS protocol stack

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1531-1546

  Premkumar, K ^a   Chockalingam, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS;

AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST; BLOCK LEVEL RETRANSMISSION; GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE; LOGICAL LINK CONTROL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO LINK CONTROL;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 4744345523     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.832396     Document Type: Article

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