# Wireless Networks and Protocols

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://picoportal.org/library/topics/wireless-networks-and-protocols/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 417,725 |
| Description | 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. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Computer Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11158 |
| Works | 38,833 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Scott Shenker](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/scott-shenker/)
- [Rui Zhang](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/rui-zhang/)
- [Ian F. Akyildiz](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/ian-f-akyildiz/)
- [Xuemin Shen](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/xuemin-shen/)
- [Ion Stoica](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/ion-stoica/)
- [Hari Balakrishnan](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/hari-balakrishnan/)
- [Alex Pentland](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/alex-pentland/)
- [Zhu Han](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/zhu-han/)
- [Dusit Niyato](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/dusit-niyato/)
- [E. Yu. Soldatov](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/e-yu-soldatov/)
- [Mohsen Guizani](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/mohsen-guizani/)
- [David Culler](https://picoportal.org/library/researchers/david-culler/)

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Source: PICO Portal — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://picoportal.org/library/sources/ for provenance and https://picoportal.org/library/methodology/ for what these figures mean.