IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks
Crow, B.P.; Widjaja, I.; Kim, L.G.; Sakai, P.T.
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Volume 35, Issue 9, Sep 1997 Page(s):116 - 126
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/35.620533
Summary:The draft IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN)
specification is approaching completion. In this article, the IEEE
802.11 protocol is explained, with particular emphasis on the medium
access control sublayer. Performance results are provided for packetized
data and a combination of packetized data and voice over the WLAN. Our
performance investigation reveals that an IEEE 802.11 network may be
able to carry traffic with time-bounded requirements using the point
coordination function. However, our findings suggest that packetized
voice traffic must be handled in conjunction with an echo canceler
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