Understanding and mitigating the impact of RF interference on 802.11 networks

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-396

  Gummadi, Ramakrishna ^a   Wetherall, David ^b,c   Greenstein, Ben ^b   Seshan, Srinivasan ^d  

^a School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

802.11; Channel hopping; Jamming; RF interference; SINR

Indexed keywords

802.11; CHANNEL HOPPING; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INTERFERING SIGNALS; NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; RF INTERFERENCE; SINR;

JAMMING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 77949462958     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1282427.1282424     Document Type: Article

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