Interactive wifi connectivity for moving vehicles

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-438

  Balasubramanian, Aruna ^a   Mahajan, Ratul ^b   Venkataramani, Arun ^a   Levine, Brian Neil ^a   Zahorjan, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Diversity; Handoff; Vehicular networks; Wifi

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; BASE-STATION; DIVERSITY; HANDOFF; INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; LINK LAYERS; MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS; MOBILE CLIENTS; MOVING VEHICLES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHMS; TCP TRANSFERS; TRACE-DRIVEN SIMULATIONS; VEHICULAR NETWORKS; WEB BROWSING;

AD HOC NETWORKS; APPLICATIONS; BASE STATIONS; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; INTERNET TELEPHONY; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WI-FI;

EID: 65249095217     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1402946.1403006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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