An Efficient TDMA MAC Protocol for Multi-hop WiFi-Based Long Distance Networks

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1971-1994

  Hussain, Md Iftekhar ^a   Ahmed, Zaved Iqubal ^b   Sarma, Nityananda ^b   Saikia, D K ^c  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEGHALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

MAC; TDMA; WiFi; WiFi based long distance networks

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WI-FI;

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; END-TO-END THROUGHPUT; MAC; SATURATION THROUGHPUT; SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISMS; TDMA MAC PROTOCOLS; UNDER-SERVED AREAS;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 84956651873     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: 1572834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-015-3165-9     Document Type: Article

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