Apparatus and method for selecting a size of a contention window for wireless system

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to select the size of a contention window within which to transmit a packet of data upon a random access channel in a multi-user scheme. The number of time slots allocated to form random access channels in a frame is selectably variable in a dynamic manner. Advantage is made of the dynamic allocation of random access channels to select the size of the contention window. Operation is advantageously implemented in a mobile terminal operable in a wireless LAN (local area network), such as that set forth in the BRAN (broadband access network) promulgated by the ETSI.