Bandwidth aggregation in heterogeneous wireless networks: A survey of current approaches and issues

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1674-1690

  Ramaboli, Allen L ^a   Falowo, Olabisi E ^a   Chan, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bandwidth aggregation; Heterogeneous wireless networks; Reorder buffer; Reordering

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH AGGREGATIONS; COMPLEMENTARY FEATURES; EFFICIENT BANDWIDTH; FUTURE WIRELESS NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; HIGH-BANDWIDTH APPLICATION; MULTIMODE TERMINALS; MULTIPLE INTERFACES; PACKET REORDERING; RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES; RE-ORDER BUFFERS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; REORDERING; RESEARCH ISSUES; SIMULTANEOUS USE; TCP APPLICATIONS;

BANDWIDTH; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; RATS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84867527675     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2012.05.015     Document Type: Review

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