The IEEE 802.11 power saving mechanism: An experimental study

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1362-1367

  He, Yong ^a   Yuan, Ruixi ^a   Ma, Xiaojun ^b   Li, Jun ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Thomson Broadband R and D Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BACKGROUND TRAFFIC; IEEE 802.11S; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; MULTICAST TRAFFIC; POWER PERFORMANCE; POWER SAVING MECHANISM; POWER SAVING MODES; TRAFFIC RATE;

IEEE STANDARDS;

EID: 51649115742     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2008.245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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