Analysis of the request to send/clear to send exchange in WLAN over fiber networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2531-2539

  Mjeku, Majlinda ^a   Gomes, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic access; MAC; Radio over fiber (RoF); Request to send clear to send (RTS CTS); Wireless LANs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIBERS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MICROWAVES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BASIC ACCESS; MAC; RADIO OVER FIBER (ROF); REQUEST TO SEND/CLEAR TO SEND (RTS/CTS); WIRELESS LANS;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 54949152711     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927202     Document Type: Article

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