Performance comparison of 3G and metro-scale wifi for vehicular network access

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 301-307

  Deshpande, Pralhad ^a   Hou, Xiaoxiao ^a   Das, Samir R ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

3G; Vehicular internet access; Wifi

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUEUEING NETWORKS; THROUGHPUT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WI-FI;

3G; 3G NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHICS; NETWORK ACCESS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; VEHICULAR INTERNET ACCESS; VEHICULAR NETWORKS; WI FI NETWORKS; WIFI;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 78650887176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1879141.1879180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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