An experimental study of inter-cell interference effects on system performance in unplanned wireless LAN deployments

Computer Networks

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2728-2744

  Ergin, Mesut Ali ^a   Ramachandran, Kishore ^a   Gruteser, Marco ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

High density WLANs; Inter cell interference; Real world evaluation; Unplanned WLAN Deployments; Wireless experimentation; Wireless testbeds

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; CELLS; CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; CYTOLOGY; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INTERNET TELEPHONY; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; STANDARDS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS POINT; ACCESS POINTS; CONTENTION WINDOW; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLASH CROWDS; HIGH-DENSITY WLANS; HIGH-QUALITY; IEEE 802.11; INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE; MEDIA TRAFFIC; RATE ADAPTATION; REAL-WORLD EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; TCP FLOW CONTROL; UNPLANNED WLAN DEPLOYMENTS; WIRELESS EXPERIMENTATION; WIRELESS LANS; WIRELESS TESTBEDS; WIRELESS-LAN;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 51749111362     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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