An enhanced A-MSDU frame aggregation scheme for 802.11n wireless networks

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 683-706

  Saif, Anwar ^a   Othman, Mohamed ^a   Subramaniam, Shamala ^a   Hamid, Nor Asila Wati Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

802.11n; A MSDU; Aggregation headers; Frame aggregation; Next generation networks; WLAN

Indexed keywords

100 MBPS; 802.11N; A-MSDU; AGGREGATION SCHEMES; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; CHANNEL CONDITIONS; FRAME AGGREGATION; FRAME SIZE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; IEEE 802.11N; MAC LAYER; MAC PROTOCOL; MULTIPLE-FRAME; RETRANSMISSION CONTROL; RETRANSMISSIONS; SEQUENCE CONTROL; SERVICE ACCESS POINTS; SERVICE DATA; SUB-FRAME; WLAN;

INTERNET TELEPHONY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; STANDARDS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84867337068     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-011-0358-8     Document Type: Article

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