Comparison of IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4 for future green multichannel multi-radio wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Campbell, Carlene E A ^a   Loo, K K ^a   Kurdi, Heba A ^b   Khan, S ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Information Systems   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CSMA CA; DCF; MAC; Wireless sensor networks; WLAN; WPAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053427767     PISSN: 20760930     EISSN: 2073607X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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