Distributed Point Coordination Function for IEEE 802.11 wireless ad hoc networks

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 536-551

  Alonso Zarate J ^a   Crespo, C ^b   Skianis, Ch ^c   Alonso, L ^b   Verikoukis, Ch ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

DCF; DPCF; DQCA; DQMAN; IEEE 802.11; MAC; PCF

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AD HOC NETWORKS; CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; STANDARDS;

DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION FUNCTIONS; DISTRIBUTED POINT COORDINATION FUNCTIONS; DPCF; DQCA; DQMAN; IEEE 802.11S; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; POINT COORDINATION FUNCTIONS;

WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 84856516752     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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