TPDS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Null data frames are a special but important type of frames in IEEE 802.11 WLANs. They are widely used in 802.11 WLANs for control purposes such as power management, channel scanni...
TON
2010
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Abstract-- We propose a powerful MAC/PHY cross-layer approach to measuring 802.11 transmission opportunities in WLAN networks on a per-link basis. Our estimator can operate at a si...
CORR
2011
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Springer
—In this paper we establish the log-convexity of the rate region in 802.11 WLANs. This generalises previous results for Aloha networks and has immediate implications for optimisa...
GLOBECOM
2010
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2010
IEEE
Abstract--Cognitive radios (CRs) are devices that access spectrum opportunistically taking advantage of unused portions of licensed spectrum. Therefore, depending on the licensed r...
WIOPT
2010
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2010
IEEE
—Conventional wisdom about 802.11 WLANs dictates that as the number of active users increases, the contention windows (CW) of all the contending users needs to increase to preven...
VTC
2010
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2010
IEEE
Abstract—The IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) is a timetested technology, but it is still evolving towards even higher speeds and richer features. For multi-room IPTV delivery, wh...
CCR
2004
13 years 11 months ago
2004
The past decade has seen communication revolution in the form of cellular telephony as well as the Internet, but much of it has been restricted to the developed world and metro po...
TMC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
The limited number of orthogonal channels and autonomous installations of hotspots and home wireless networks often leave neighboring 802.11 basic service sets (BSSs) operating on ...
JCP
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
The difficulty to compare network simulators is a major obstacle to the broader adoption of these tools. This problem particularly affects 802.11 simulators because the 802.11 prot...
CORR
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
In this paper we build upon the recent observation that the 802.11 rate region is log-convex and, for the first time, characterise max-min fair rate allocations for a large class o...