Design and Implementation of an Enhanced 802.11 MAC Architecture for Single-Hop Wireless Networks

Due to its extreme simplicity and flexibility, the IEEE 802.11 standard is the dominant technology to implement both infrastructure-based WLANs and single-hop ad hoc networks. In spite of its popularity, there is a vast literature demonstrating the shortcomings of using the 802.11 technology in such...

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Main Authors: Ralph Bernasconi, Silvia Giordano, Alessandro Puiatti, Enrico Gregori, Raffaele Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2007-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/28315