System and method for reducing packet collisions in wireless local area networks
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system (e.g., an AP or a STA) in a WLAN comprises slot information (e.g., slot association or slot bias information); a counter for counting slot numbers; and a medium access controller operative to monitor a wireless medium and to initiate transmission of a MAC frame during a current slot based an a distributed wireless access protocol (e.g., DCF or EDCA), on a current slot number (t) corresponding to the current slot as counted by the counter, and on the slot information. The medium access controller may initiate frame transmission when a backoff counter is zero and when t mod N=ni (such that N=number of STAs, and ni=assigned slot number). Alternatively, the medium access controller may initiate frame transmission when a backoff counter is zero and when a slot bias mechanism effecting a probability of access to the wireless medium is satisfied.
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5 Claims
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1. A system in an IEEE 802.11 a wireless local area network, comprising:
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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=ni where, 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), and wherein SIFS is shorter than distributed coordinated function interframe space (DIFS) and arbitrary interframe space (AIFS). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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