Medium access control of wireless LANs for mobile computing

Author

Chen, Kwang-Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

8

Issue

5

fYear

1994

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

63

Abstract

To provide high-speed seamless services for mobile computing, an effective medium access control capable of dealing with mobility issues in multicell wireless local area networks is needed. The physical layers discussed include direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS), frequency hopped spread spectrum (FH-SS), and diffuse infrared. Both spread spectrum transmissions are in the 2.4 to 2.4835 GHz ISM band, according to FCC part 15.247.<>

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; frequency agility; local area networks; mobile communication systems; protocols; spread spectrum communication; 2.4 to 2.4835 GHz; CSMA/CA; DS-SS; FH-SS; MAC protocol; carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance; diffuse infrared; direct sequence spread spectrum; frequency hopped spread spectrum; high-speed seamless services; medium access control; mobile computing; multicell wireless local area networks; multiple access protocol; physical layers; wireless LAN; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Spine; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.313014

Filename

313014