Understanding congestion in IEEE 802.11b wireless networks

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 279-292

  Jardosh, Amit P ^a   Ramachandran, Krishna N ^a   Almeroth, Kevin C ^a   Belding Royer, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL UTILIZATION; INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCES; NETWORK CONGESTIONS; NETWORK THROUGHPUT; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; RATE ADAPTATION; REQUEST TO SENDS; ROBUST OPERATION;

NETWORK PERFORMANCE; STANDARDS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 84878681966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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