Millions of videos are watched per minute on the Internet. Due to real-time performance
demands, such as high-quality video streaming, network administrators face new challenges …

Nowadays, the QoE unfairness problem exists under the scenario of multiple clients sharing
bottleneck links, as clients just maximize their Quality of Experience (QoE) independently via …

According to IEEE 802.11 standard, the collision avoidance mechanism is not the most
efficient as it relies on a binary exponential backoff (BEB) algorithm. This algorithm …

With recent development of high-speed wide-area wireless networks and wide spread of
highperformance wireless devices, the demand on seamless video streaming services in …

Wireless Internet access has brought legions of heterogeneous applications all sharing the
same resources. However, current wireless edge networks that cater to worst or average …

Video streaming in mobile environments has always been challenging due to various
factors. The time-varying wireless channel, limited and shared transmission resources …

Due to the exponential growth in the use of Wi-Fi networks, it is necessary to study its usage
pattern in dense environments for which the legacy IEEE 802.11 MAC (Medium Access …

High capacity IEEE802. 11 networks are increasingly supporting data intensive applications.
Most of streaming applications are using high quality variable rate traffic which includes HD …

Abstract The effectiveness of Wi-Fi networks is greatly influenced by the optimization of
contention window (CW) parameters. Unfortunately, the conventional approach employed …

The proper setting of contention window (CW) values has a significant impact on the
efficiency of Wi-Fi networks. Unfortunately, the standard method used by 802.11 networks is …