A novel contention-based MAC protocol with channel reservation for wireless LANs

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3748-3758

  Ma, Ming ^a   Yang, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel reservation; Collision resolution; Contention based; IEEE 802.11; Markov chain; Medium access control (MAC); Random process; RTS CTS; Wireless LANs

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL RESERVATION; COLLISION RESOLUTION; CONTENTION-BASED; IEEE 802.11; MARKOV CHAIN; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); RTS/CTS; WIRELESS LANS;

ACCESS CONTROL; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; SECURITY OF DATA; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 55149112579     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-WC.2008.08885     Document Type: Article

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