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Chan Chi Pan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves xiv-xv). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Related Works --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- Our Contributions --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Definitions and Assumptions --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Data-collection Networks --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Assumptions --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Canonical Networks --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Theoretical Analysis --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Fixed Link Distance --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Variable Link Distance --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2 --- Simulation --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Beyond the Assumptions --- p.24 / Chapter 4.1 --- Multiple Interference --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- HFD versus non-HFD performance --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Perfect Scheduling and IEEE 802.11 Scheduling --- p.30 / Chapter 5.1 --- Relationship between Perfect Scheduling and IEEE 802.11 Scheduling --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2 --- Throughput Analysis under IEEE 802.11 scheduling --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- General Networks --- p.37 / Chapter 6.1 --- Discussion of HFP --- p.37 / Chapter 6.2 --- HFP Formulation --- p.39 / Chapter 6.3 --- Optimization in Finding Best HFP --- p.43 / Chapter 6.4 --- Experiment --- p.44 / Chapter 6.5 --- NS-2 Simulation --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Applying Canonical Network to General Networks --- p.49 / Chapter 7.1 --- Direct Application --- p.49 / Chapter 7.2 --- Manifold Canonical Network with Shorter Link Distance --- p.51 / Chapter 7.3 --- Robustness on Node Positions in Manifold Canonical Network --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.56 / Appendix A RTS/CTS and Power Control --- p.x / References --- p.xiv

Wong Tsz-Chun Stanley. / Thesis submitted in: July 2004. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-61). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / 摘要 --- p.III / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.IV / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.VIII / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- BACKGROUND STUDIES --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview of IEEE 802.11 --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- 802.11b Network Type --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- IEEE 802.11 MAC overview --- p.12 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) / Point Coordination Function (PCF) --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4. --- Request-to-Send (RTS) / Clear-to-Send (CTS) --- p.14 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- QUEUE MANAGEMENT IN ACCESS POINTS --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Packet Delay Variation in Access Points --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2 --- Simulations Settings and Configuration --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Mobile Networking in NS2 --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Input Parameter of Shadowing Radio Propagation model --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Configuration of the simulation --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF 802.11B DOWNLINKS --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 / Chapter 4.5 --- Assumptions of the analysis --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3 --- Proposed Queue Management in Access Point --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4 --- Channel error modeling --- p.34 / Chapter 4.5 --- The analytical model of downlinks --- p.35 / Chapter 4.6 --- Performance Calculation --- p.37 / Chapter 4.4 --- Simulation Result --- p.41 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Extension of NS2 --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Configuration of the simulation --- p.44 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT IN ACCESS POINTS --- p.48 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.48 / Chapter 5.2 --- Packet Delay Balancing --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2 --- Simulation Result --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.56 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.58

Chen, Darui. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-67). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.v / List of Figures --- p.vii / List of Tables --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Related Works --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Contributions --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Preliminaries --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- MAC Protocol in IEEE 802.11 WLANs --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- IEEE 802.11 DCF --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Performance Anomaly of DCF --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Multi-Rate WLANs with Rate Adaptation --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- PHY-Layer Rate Adaptation Model --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Two Typical WLANs with Rate Adaptation --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Multi-Rate IEEE802.11 WLANs --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- Theoretical Analysis of Multi-Rate IEEE 802.11 WLANs --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Markov Chain Model for Backoff Process --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Saturation Throughput --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Theoretical Throughput Limit and Dynamic Backoff --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Performance Evaluation of Multi- Rate WLANs --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Model Validation --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Theoretical Throughput Limit --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Rate-aware DCF Protocol --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Proposed R-DCF Protocol --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Theoretical Analysis of R-DCF --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Markov Chain Model for Backoff Process --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Saturation Throughput --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Simplified Models --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Model Validation --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- R-DCF with Homogeneous Users --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- R-DCF in Fixed-Rate WLANs --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Performance Enhancement of the R-DCF Protocol --- p.52 / Chapter 5.1 --- Maximizing Throughput of R-DCF --- p.52 / Chapter 5.2 --- Offline Adaptive Backoff Methods --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.60 / Bibliography --- p.62

Chan, An. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-84). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivations and Contributions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Related Works --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- IEEE 802.11 --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Basic IEEE 802.11 Standards --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Types of Networks --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Voice over IP (VoIP) Codecs --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- VoIP over WLAN --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- System Architecture of VoIP over WLAN --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- VoIP Capacity over an Isolated WLAN --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- VoIP Capacity over Multiple WLANs --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Topology Settings and Assumptions --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2 --- Low VoIP Capacity Found in NS2 Simulations --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3 --- Applying Frequency Channel Assignment --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Clique Analysis and Call Admission Control --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conflict Graph Model and Cliques --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2 --- Cliques in Multi-Cell WLANs --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3 --- Clique-Based Call Admission Control Algorithm --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Algorithm Description --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Algorithm Performance Evaluation --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Clique-Based Admission Control in Three-Frequency- Channel WLAN --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) on IEEE 802.11MAC --- p.32 / Chapter 5.1 --- Coarse-Grained Time-Division Multiple Access (CTDMA) --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Basic Ideas of CTDMA --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Conflict Graph Modeling of CTDMA --- p.35 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Parameter Values in CTDMA --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Possible Realization of TDMA on 802.11 Standards --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Coloring Problem in Wireless Networks: A Theoretical Treatment --- p.52 / Chapter 6.1 --- Coloring of One-Dimensional Linear Network --- p.53 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Network with Same Link Length --- p.53 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Network with Variable Link Length --- p.54 / Chapter 6.2 --- Coloring of Two-Dimensional Network --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.66 / Appendices --- p.69 / References --- p.80

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