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Media access control method and system in wireless network

  • US 20040117497A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2003
  • Published: 06/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a media access control (MAC) communication protocol layer in a wireless network, comprising:

  • monitoring a characteristic of a data frame to be transmitted on a MAC layer after a basic service set (BSS) for the wireless network starts; and

    changing the MAC layer super-frame length, if determined based upon the monitoring that a super-frame length needs to be changed due to a variation in a transmission duration of the data frame.

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