A survey on IEEE 802.11ah: An enabling networking technology for smart cities

Computer Communications

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-69

  Khorov, Evgeny ^a   Lyakhov, Andrey ^b   Krotov, Alexander ^b   Guschin, Andrey ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11ah; Internet of things; Low power Wi Fi; MAC enhancements; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTERNET OF THINGS; SMART CITY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

IEEE 802.11AH; INFORMATION COLLECTING; LOW-POWER WI-FIS; MAC ENHANCEMENTS; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; SMART HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH; WI-FI - TECHNOLOGY;

IEEE STANDARDS;

EID: 84923532884     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: 1873703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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