Efficient dynamic frame aggregation in IEEE 802.11s mesh networks

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1319-1338

  Lin, Ying Dar ^a   Yeh, Jui Hung ^a   Yang, Tsung Hsien ^a   Ku, Chia Yu ^a   Tsao, Shiao Li ^a   Lai, Yuan Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

802.11s; Frame aggregation; Mesh networks; Multi hop

Indexed keywords

802.11 MAC; 802.11S; AGGREGATION MECHANISM; CHANNEL CONDITIONS; CHANNEL EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC AGGREGATION; DYNAMIC FRAME; FRAME AGGREGATION; IEEE 802.11N; IEEE 802.11S; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MESH NETWORK; MESH NETWORKS; MULTI-HOP; MULTIHOP TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLE-FRAME; NETWORK EFFICIENCY; NOVEL ALGORITHM; PROTOCOL DATA UNITS; SERVICE DATA; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSMISSIONS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 70349448213     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1028     Document Type: Article

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