Revealing transmit diversity mechanisms and their side-effects in commercial IEEE 802.11 cards

Proceedings of the 2008 4th International Telecommunication Networking Workshop on QoS in Multiservice IP Networks, IT-NEWS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-141

  Giustiniano, Domenico ^a   Tinnirello, Ilenia ^b   Scalia, Luca ^b   Levanti, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

802.11 WLAN; ANTENNA DIVERSITY; ATHEROS; DEEP IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; IEEE 802.11; IP-NETWORKS; LINK PERFORMANCE; MAC LAYERS; MULTI SERVICES; NETWORK PERFORMANCES; OPTIMIZATION GOALS; PHY LAYERS; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATIONS; TRANSMISSION POWERS; TRANSMISSION ROBUSTNESS; TRANSMIT DIVERSITY;

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EID: 50149109293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNEWS.2008.4488143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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