Achieving MAC layer fairness in wireless packet networks
Thyaga Nandagopal, Tae‐Eun Kim, Xia Gao, Vaduvur Bharghavan · 2000
Link-layer fairness models that have been proposed for wireline and packet cellular networks cannot be generalized for shared channel wireless networks because of the unique characteristics of the wireless channel, such as location-dependent contention, inherent conflict between optimizing channel utilization and achieving fairness, and the absence of any centralized control.