Multiple WNIC-based handoff in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 752-754

  Jin, Sunggeun ^a   Choi, Munhwan ^b   Choi, Sunghyun ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

802.11 handoff; 802.11 scanning; Multiple WNICs

Indexed keywords

802.11 HANDOFF; 802.11 SCANNING; ACCESS POINTS; HANDOFF LATENCY; IEEE 802.11S; MULTIPLE WNICS; SCANNING TIME; SIMULATION RESULT; WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE CARD;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

SCANNING;

EID: 70350508666     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2009.090965     Document Type: Article

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