Next generation IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks: Current status, future directions and open challenges

B Bellalta, L Bononi, R Bruno, A Kassler - Computer Communications, 2016 - Elsevier
A new generation of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) will make its appearance in the
market in the forthcoming years based on the amendments to the IEEE 802.11 standards …

Joint mobility management and multicast rate adaptation in software–defined enterprise WLANs

E Coronado, R Riggio, J Villalón… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever-increasing demand for mobile content delivery and multimedia services is bringing
renewed interest in multicast communications in Wi-Fi based WLANs. Nevertheless …

A novel QoE-aware multicast mechanism for video communications over IEEE 802.11 WLANs

MA Santos, J Villalon… - IEEE Journal on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the past few years, the development of video services over wireless networks has
been driven by Quality of Service (QoS) parameters and service level agreements. Even …

Q-DRAM: QoE-based dynamic rate adaptation mechanism for multicast in wireless networks

K Piamrat, A Ksentini, JM Bonnin… - GLOBECOM 2009-2009 …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of real-time and multimedia applications over wireless LAN has gained a
growing interest in this last decade. These applications, eg video streaming, require tight …

Supporting MAC layer multicast in IEEE 802.11 n: Issues and solutions

X Wang, L Wang, Y Wang, Y Zhang… - 2009 IEEE Wireless …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a MAC layer multicast protocol for 802.11 n WLAN for the first time.
In IEEE 802.11 n, new feature at MAC layer, such as frame aggregation and more flexible …

Resource allocation for multicast services in distributed antenna systems with quality of services guarantees

L Tian, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, G Sun, J Shi - IET communications, 2012 - IET
This study focuses on the resource allocation of multicast services in distributed antenna
systems (DAS). Firstly, the capacity limitation of conventional multicast transmission is …

Efficient real-time content distribution for multiple multicast groups in SDN-based WLANs

E Coronado, R Riggio, J Villalón… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless network research and development efforts are largely driven by the increasing
interest in multimedia applications. Video streaming services, which often involve strict …

M3-Cast: A Novel Multicast Scheme in Multi-Channel and Multi-Rate WiFi Direct Networks for Public Safety

GZ Khan, EC Park, R Gonzalez - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
WiFi direct (WD) network is of significant interest during public safety scenarios due to its
easy, quick, and efficient implementation. WD provides device to device communication …

A survey of cross‐layer protocols for IEEE 802.11 wireless multi‐hop mesh networks

SM Sheikh, R Wolhuter… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There has been an escalation in deployment and research of wireless mesh networks by
both the business community and academia in the last few years. Their attractive …

Application-aware cross-layer framework: Video content distribution in wireless multihop networks

M Fasil, H Al-Shatri, S Wilk… - 2015 IEEE 26th Annual …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scalable video coding (SVC) can overcome the user heterogeneity issue, eg, different
screen resolutions or different connectivities, in video-streaming. In wireless multihop …