Limitations of the IEEE 802.11e EDCA protocol when supporting real-time communication

IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 119-128

  Moraes, Ricardo ^a,b   Portugal, Paulo ^c   Vasques, Francisco ^c   Fonseca, José Alberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FREQUENCY BANDS; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

AVERAGE PACKET DELAYS; COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; FREE CHANNELS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; IEEE 802.11E; MESSAGE STREAMS; OPEN COMMUNICATIONS; PRIORITY LEVELS; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS; RT TRAFFICS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 56349123913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WFCS.2008.4638712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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