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International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 397824, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/397824
Research Article
On the Optimization of the IEEE 802.11 DCF: A Cross-Layer Perspective
1Electrical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Texarkana, TX 75505, USA
2DELEN, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Received 5 May 2010; Accepted 20 October 2010
Academic Editor: Petros Nicopolitidis
Copyright © 2010 Massimiliano Laddomada and Fabio Mesiti. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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