In this paper, we investigate the problem of achieving proportional fairness via access point
(AP) association in multirate WLANs. This problem is formulated as a nonlinear …

In IEEE 802.11 standard, the backoff parameters of its collision avoidance mechanism can
be very inefficient and hence, the network becomes far from its optimal behavior. There have …

The IEEE 802 standards rely on the distributed coordination function (DCF) as the
fundamental medium access control method. DCF uses the binary exponential backoff …

Cooperative cognitive radio networks (CCRNs) incorporates cooperative communication
into cognitive radio networks, in which, primary users lease their spectrum to secondary …

The emergence of video streaming over wireless home networks creates renewed interests
in design and analysis of new MAC protocols toward QoS provisioning for video …

Abstract In Internet of Things (IoT), there generally exist two typical types of heterogeneous
flows with different requirements: inelastic media flow (eg, the monitoring flow) and elastic …

The convergence of fibre and wireless technologies realised the fibre‐wireless (FiWi)
networks. Despite huge capacity offered by fibre, the user experiences a network bottleneck …

Recent advancements in wireless protocols and technologies such as IEEE 802.11 n
enhances communication systems in terms of offering high physical rates that are well …

Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) is a promising burst transmission scheme defined in the
IEEE 802.11 e Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol to achieve differentiated Quality-of …

Delay sensitive applications are being actively introduced with the advent of 5G and
vehicular communications, and such applications are very sensitive to tail latency. However …