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An Investi
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2.3.5 Signal <stro
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Attestation of Aut
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Abstract Wireless local area networ
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List of Figures Fi
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Chapter 1 Introduction There has be
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WLAN performance evaluation and ana
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Chapter 2 Background and Related Wo
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The IEEE 802.11 networks have two o
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The coverage of a
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throughput significantly at higher
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DCF is designed to provide “best-
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modulation in [37]. According to si
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4.1 Performance Metrics A stopwatch
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4.4.3 AP Operation Mode Two APs (D-
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meeting room with different distanc
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Scenario 4 In figure 4.12, two APs
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Wireless 108G Add 802.11g Wireless
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2.4GHz Omni-Directional 7dBi Indoor
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