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IEEE 802.11 and 802.16 Cooperation Within Multi-Radio Stations

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In this paper we consider a multi-radio wireless network client that is capable of simultaneous operation in IEEE 802.16 and IEEE 802.11 telecommunication networks. In order to enable the cooperative functioning of both networks we introduce the media access control coordination concept. A set of coordination algorithms is then presented together with a simple approach to their performance analysis. Our performance evaluation shows that the saturation goodput of the proposed coordination algorithm is at least 50% higher than that of the existing coordination algorithms. Moreover, it allows for the considerable reduction in the data packet delay.

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  1. Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

    Sergey Andreev

  2. Intel Corporation, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Konstantin Dubkov

  3. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Andrey Turlikov

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Andreev, S., Dubkov, K. & Turlikov, A. IEEE 802.11 and 802.16 Cooperation Within Multi-Radio Stations. Wireless Pers Commun 58, 525–543 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-0134-1

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