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Wireless Networks and Protocols

Wireless Networks and Protocols is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1970. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the performance analysis, optimization, and enhancement of medium access control (MAC) protocols for wireless LANs, particularly the IEEE 802.11 standard. It covers topics such as rate adaptation, quality of service (QoS) support, multi-hop network behavior, interference mitigation, and coexistence with other wireless systems.

  • IEEE 802.11
  • MAC protocol
  • wireless LAN
  • performance analysis
  • rate adaptation
  • QoS support
  • multi-hop networks
  • channel assignment
  • interference mitigation
  • coexistence
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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