Supporting QoS In IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs
White Papers In the emerging IEEE 802.11e MAC protocol, the Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) is proposed to support prioritized QoS; however, it cannot guarantee strict QoS required by real-time services such as voice and video without proper network...
[January 18, 2006, 0:01]
Wireless LAN Medium Access Techniques: QoS Perspective
White Papers The papers analyze QoS parameters from the network perspective looking on Medium Access Control Layer (DCF and EDCF medium access techniques). Different people and communities perceive and interpret Quality of Services (QoS) in different ways.
[December 6, 2007, 0:01]
Performance Evaluation Of A Feedback Based Dynamic Scheduler For 802.11e MAC
White Papers IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are a fundamental tool for enabling ubiquitous wireless networking. Their use has been essentially focused on best effort data transfer because the basic access methods defined in the 802.11 standard...
[August 13, 2007, 15:14]
The Future Of Wireless review
Reviews Not to worry; a faster wireless standard that allows all compliant devices to communicate at the same speed may appear as early as mid-2005. Take manufacturers of wireless networking gear, for example.
[March 10, 2004, 6:55]
Feedback Based Bandwidth Allocation With Call Admission Control For Providing Delay Guarantees In IEEE 802.11e Networks
White Papers The 802.11e working group has recently proposed innovative functionalities in order to support delay-sensitive multimedia applications, such as real-time voice and video, in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).
[August 10, 2007, 11:10]
TCP Dynamics Over IEEE 802.11e WLANs: Modeling And Throughput Enhancement
White Papers Today, IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN) has become a prevailing solution for broadband wireless Internet access while Transport Control Protocol (TCP) is the dominant transport protocol in the Internet.
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
Bandwidth Estimation And Robust Video Streaming Over 802.11e Wireless LANs
White Papers Streaming high quality Audio/Video (AV) from home media sources to TV sets over a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a challenging problem because of the fluctuating bandwidth caused by interference.
[May 12, 2006, 1:00]
Queueing Analysis And Delay Mitigation In IEEE 802.11 Random Access MAC Based Wireless Networks
White Papers This paper presents an analytic model for evaluating the queueing delays at nodes in an IEEE 802.11 MAC based wireless network. Each node is modeled as a discrete time G/G/1 queue and derive the service time distribution while accounting for a...
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
Nokia And Intel Partner On Mobile WiMax
News The Finnish mobile giant announced on Friday that it is partnering with Intel to develop 802.16e -- which could potentially support high-speed wireless access over much longer distances than are possible with Wi-Fi today.
[June 10, 2005, 16:25]
Wireless VoIP Set To Boom
News Making voice calls over wireless data networks is an area set to take off, analysts predict, though the technology still has some hurdles to overcome. The rise of dual-mode handsets which switch between mobile phone and Wi-Fi networks is seen as a...
[August 23, 2005, 16:35]
What The Future Holds For Corporate Voice Telephony Via WLAN
News An organisation that combines separate strategies for IP telephony and wireless and wired LANs into a single comprehensive plan will reduce its costs. Voice telephony over wireless LANs comes at a price
[June 28, 2004, 12:05]
IDF: Intel's Tri-mode Future For Wireless Networking
News Doctor predicted that 802.11g will only make sense as part of a dual-band, tri-mode solution: access points capable of operating at 2.4GHz and 5GHz simultaneously on all three wireless standards. Intel is dedicated to making wireless networking a...
[February 27, 2002, 10:07]
Netgear WGT624 review
Reviews The LEDs on the front of the unit let you monitor data passing across the WGT624's Ethernet and wireless interfaces. We wish that the WGT624 supported Wireless Distribution System (WDS). This means that you can participate in the teleconference...
[December 11, 2003, 9:05]
Netgear WG511T 108Mbps Wireless PC Card review
Reviews The utility also lets you set up separate connection profiles for the different wireless networks you connect to, which saves you the hassle of having to re-enter encryption keys or other security information each time you change networks.
[January 26, 2004, 8:20]
New Wi-Fi Chips Mix Standards
News Both companies are targeting wireless network cards, access points, PCs and PC peripherals. The announcements from Broadcom and Philips are part of an expected trend among chipmakers to offer processors that combine 802.11 standards and help to...
[September 16, 2003, 10:05]
Doubts Over WiMax's Mobile Future
News Chris Taylor, director of Strategy Analytics's RF & Wireless Component Service, forecast that by 2009 there will be 20 million fixed WiMax installations worldwide. Our analysis of provisioning costs, business models and demand leads us to conclude...
[May 27, 2005, 17:30]
