Network performance of smart mobile handhelds in a university campus WiFi network

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 315-328

  Chen, Xian ^a   Jin, Ruofan ^a   Suh, Kyoungwon ^b   Wang, Bing ^a   Wei, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

performance measurement; smart mobile handhelds; wifi networks

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION-LEVEL PROTOCOL; CONGESTION WINDOW; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; DOMINANT FACTOR; HANDHELDS; MHD FLOW; MOBILE HANDHELD DEVICES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; WI FI NETWORKS;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); HAND HELD COMPUTERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

WI-FI;

EID: 84870904162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2398776.2398809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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