A new ACK policy to mitigate the effects of coexisting IEEE 802.11/802.11e devices

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-135

  Al Mefleh, Haithem ^a   Chang, J Morris ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS; INFOCOM; OPNET SIMULATION;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION;

EID: 51349124511     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2007.271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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