PHY/MAC enhancements and QoS mechanisms for very high throughput WLANs: A survey

E Charfi, L Chaari, L Kamoun - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless local area networking has experienced tremendous growth in the last years with
the proliferation of IEEE 802.11 devices in order to improve wireless technology. The first …

Vertical handoff decision algorithms for providing optimized performance in heterogeneous wireless networks

SK Lee, K Sriram, K Kim, YH Kim… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are currently a large variety of wireless access networks, including the emerging
vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). A large variety of applications utilizing these networks …

[BOOK][B] A theory of QoS for wireless

IH Hou, V Borkar, PR Kumar - 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless networks are increasingly used to carry applications with QoS constraints. Two
problems arise when dealing with traffic with QoS constraints. One is admission control …

Medium access control in mobile ad hoc networks: challenges and solutions

H Zhai, J Wang, X Chen, Y Fang - … Communications and Mobile …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are useful in environment where fixed network
infrastructure is unavailable. To function normally, MANETs demand an efficient and …

[PDF][PDF] Physical carrier sensing and spatial reuse in multirate and multihop wireless ad hoc networks

H Zhai, Y Fang - Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM 2006. 25TH IEEE …, 2006 - fang.ece.ufl.edu
Physical carrier sensing is an effective mechanism of medium access control (MAC)
protocols to reduce collisions in wireless networks, and the size of the carrier sensing range …

Load balancing for cellular/WLAN integrated networks

W Song, W Zhuang, Y Cheng - IEEE network, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The interworking between heterogeneous third-generation cellular networks and wireless
local area networks is one promising evolution approach to fourth-generation wireless …

Accurate available bandwidth estimation in IEEE 802.11-based ad hoc networks

H Zhao, E Garcia-Palacios, J Wei, Y ** - Computer Communications, 2009 - Elsevier
Quality of Service (QoS) support in IEEE 802.11-based ad hoc networks relies on the
networks' ability to estimate the available bandwidth on a given link. However, no …

QoE-aware admission control for multimedia applications in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

K Piamrat, A Ksentini, C Viho… - 2008 IEEE 68th …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Widespread use of wireless networks nowadays raises many problems for service providers
in managing their resources. These problems are caused mainly by restricted bandwidth …

Rate-based transport control for mobile ad hoc networks

H Zhai, X Chen, Y Fang - IEEE Wireless Communications and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The traditional congestion control mechanism, ie, TCP, when applied in mobile ad hoc
networks (MANET), encounters a number of new challenges, such as wireless link error …

Resource reservation schemes for IEEE 802.11-based wireless networks: A survey

X Yu, P Navaratnam, K Moessner - … Communications Surveys & …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE 802.11-based wireless technology is widely applied in many areas, supporting
communications where wired devices are not available. However, providing satisfactory …