A survey of energy efficient MAC protocols for IEEE 802.11 WLAN

Computer Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-67

  Tsao, Shiao Li ^a   Huang, Chung Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; IEEE 802.11; Power management; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MOBILE DEVICES; POWER MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCES; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT MAC PROTOCOLS; IEEE 802.11S; IEEE802.11 WLAN; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS;

IEEE STANDARDS;

EID: 78149469823     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2010.09.008     Document Type: Review

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