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Link Rate Adaptation

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802.11 Wireless Networks

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802.11 devices select modulation techniques (and consequently link speeds) according to the RF environment. In this chapter we develop a number of signal loss models and use them to analyse link rate adaptation. Maple is used extensively throughout this chapter.

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Holt, A., Huang, CY. (2010). Link Rate Adaptation. In: 802.11 Wireless Networks. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-275-9_10

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