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Performance Issues With IEEE 802.11 in Ad Hoc Networking

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• ad hoc,
• ad hoc networks,
• performance issues

Overview Although 802.11 was initially designed for infrastructure-based networks, the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) it provides allows mobiles to access the radio medium without the need of a base station. Thus, studies in wireless multi-hop networks, also called ad hoc networks often rely on the use of the IEEE 802.11 standard for the physical and MAC layers. But, since a couple of years, the use of 802.11 in ad hoc networks has been discussed. Different scenarios show serious performance issues. This paper provides a summary of the different performance issues that have been extracted so far.

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