On the flexibility of the IEEE 802.11 technology: Challenges and directions

2011 Future Network and Mobile Summit, FutureNetw 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gallo, Pierluigi ^a   Gringoli, Francesco ^b   Tinnirello, Ilenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive radio; programmable MAC; reconfigurability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS; BASIC PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE RADIO; CONTENTION-BASED; DE FACTO STANDARD; EVOLUTION ANALYSIS; IEEE 802.11 TECHNOLOGY; INSTRUCTION SET; MEDIUM ACCESS PROTOCOL; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROGRAMMABLE MAC; RECONFIGURABILITY; SERVICE ACCESS POINTS; TASK GROUPS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; WIRELESS DATA NETWORKS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK LAYERS; STANDARDS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84255161946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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