CS485 Sylabus
The complete IEEE 802.11 DCF MAC protocol
The 802.11 MAC algorithm
The
complete
802.11
MAC algorithm:
I will
explain
the
DCF protocol
in the following
pieces
in the
next few webpages
:
The
initial
transmission attempt
(for a
newly
arriving frame
):
The
re-transmission attempts
The
"do not count busy time"
back off
procedure used in
802.11