An asymmetric access point for solving the unfairness problem in WLANs

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1213-1227

  Lopez Aguilera, Elena ^a   Heusse, Martin ^b   Grunenberger, Yan ^b   Rousseau, Franck ^b   Duda, Andrzej ^b   Casademont, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11; Local area networks access schemes; Prioritization; TCP performance over IEEE 802.11; Wireless local area networks

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STANDARDS;

ACCESS METHODS; ACCESS POINT; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CHANNEL ACCESS; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; CORRECT OPERATION; FRAME LOSSES; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11 DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTION; INFRASTRUCTURE MODES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS ACCESS SCHEMES; MAC LAYERS; MEASUREMENT DATA; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITIZATION; TCP PERFORMANCE OVER IEEE 802.11; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSPORT LAYERS; TRANSPORT-LAYER PROTOCOLS; UNFAIRNESS PROBLEM; WIRELESS CARDS; WIRELESS LANS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; WIRELESS STATIONS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 50049104696     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2008.44     Document Type: Article

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