MBE: Model-based available bandwidth estimation for IEEE 802.11 data communications

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2158-2171

  Yuan, Zhenhui ^a   Venkataraman, Hrishikesh ^a   Muntean, Gabriel Miro ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bandwidth estimation; IEEE 802.11; model

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION; BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION; BANDWIDTH RESOURCE; CHANNEL NOISE; CONTENT DELIVERY; CRITICAL ISSUES; CROSS-LAYER TECHNIQUES; DATA-COMMUNICATION; DATAGRAMS; ERROR RATE; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; IEEE 802.11 NETWORKS; IEEE 802.11S; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PACKET SIZE; PROBING TECHNIQUES; THROUGHPUT MODELS; WIRELESS BANDWIDTH; WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS LINK;

CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; ESTIMATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84862586189     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2190760     Document Type: Article

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