Priority-based opportunistic MAC protocol in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-94

  Zhao, Miao ^a   Yang, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhu, Huiling ^b   Shao, Wenjian ^b   Li, Victor O K ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Black burst contention; Multiuser diversity; Rate adaptation

Indexed keywords

IEEE STANDARDS; QUALITY CONTROL; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

802.11 WLANS; BLACK BURST; BLACK-BURST CONTENTION; BURST CONTENTION; CHANNEL CONDITIONS; MULTIUSER DIVERSITY; MULTIUSERS; OPPORTUNISTIC MAC PROTOCOLS; PRIORITY-BASED; RATE-ADAPTATION;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 74549195095     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2008.017228     Document Type: Article

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