Wireless networks based on IEEE 802.11 have been widely adopted by home users and businesses. New applications such as video and multimedia streaming bring unique and challenging quality of service ...
The IEEE 802.11 specification (ISO/IEC 8802-11) is an international standard describing the characteristics of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The name Wi-Fi (which stands for Wireless Fidelity, ...
802.1S Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol solves problems by supporting multiple spanning trees within a network. Network managers designing Layer 2 networks have long relied on IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree ...
The wireless medium has fundamentally different characteristics from a wired medium. When providing QoS, we should remember that the MAC endeavors to provide QoS service guarantees within this ...
We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...
Wireless networks based on IEEE 802.11 have been widely adopted by home users and businesses. New applications such as video and multimedia streaming bring unique and challenging quality of service ...