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System and method for reducing packet collisions in wireless local area networks

  • US 7,801,104 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2006
  • Issued: 09/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system in an IEEE 802.11 a wireless local area network, comprising:

  • a counter for counting slot numbers; and

    a storage device to store data corresponding to a channel access scheme providing access to a wireless network, said access scheme using a modulo partitioning backoff scheme providing a modulo partitioning backoff, said channel access scheme further providing traffic prioritization, wherein each transmitter is allowed channel access after a backoff counter becomes zero and a current slot number t satisfies the modulo condition;

    t modulo N=niwhere,t=a current slot number where a slot count begins at zero after short interface space (SIFS) interval past medium busy,N=total number of stations (STAs) in the wireless network,ni=a Unique ID assigned by the AP to each station (STA), andwherein SIFS is shorter than distributed coordinated function interframe space (DIFS) and arbitrary interframe space (AIFS).

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