Multi-domain WLAN load balancing in WLAN/WPAN interference environments

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4884-4894

  Xie, Jiang ^a   Howitt, Ivan ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Coexistence; IEEE 802.11; Interference; Load balancing; Resource management; WLANs

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; IEEE 802.11; INTERFERENCE; LOAD BALANCING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WLANS;

BLUETOOTH; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY BANDS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 70350330320     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2009.090101     Document Type: Article

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