Title :
A Power-Efficient Approach to Adaptive Polling Protocols for Wireless LANs
Author :
Nicopolitidis, P. ; Papadimitriou, G.I. ; Lagkas, T.D. ; Pomportsis, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki
fDate :
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper proposes the low power adaptive polling (LPOAP) MAC protocol for infrastructure wireless LANs (WLANs). It operates efficiently under bursty traffic and can reduce mobile power consumption without performance penalties.
Keywords :
access protocols; mobile radio; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; LPOAP; MAC protocol; adaptive polling protocols; bursty traffic; low power adaptive polling; mobile power consumption; power-efficient approach; wireless LAN; Delay effects; Energy consumption; Feedback; Learning automata; Media Access Protocol; Propagation delay; Senior members; Transceivers; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2007.070184
