A smart exponential-threshold-linear backoff mechanism for IEEE 802.11 WLANs

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1033-1048

  Ke, Chih Heng ^a   Wei, Chih Cheng ^b   Lin, Kawuu W ^b   Ding, Jen Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL QUEMOY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

802.11 DCF; backoff algorithm; BEB; contention window; EIED; LILD

Indexed keywords

802.11 DCF; BACKOFF ALGORITHMS; BEB; CONTENTION WINDOW; EIED; LILD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

STANDARDS;

EID: 79960932688     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1210     Document Type: Article

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