VoIP capacity-analysis, improvements, and limits in IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4553-4563

  Stoeckigt, Kewin O ^a   Vu, Hai L ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffer size; enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA); IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; transmission opportunity (TXOP); voice over internet protocol (VoIP) capacity

Indexed keywords

BUFFER SIZES; ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS; IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LAN; TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY (TXOP); VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; INTERNET TELEPHONY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 78149445249     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2010.2068318     Document Type: Article

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