摘要 |
<p>A METHOD OF DETERMINING A CONTENTION WINDOW FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH IN A WIRELESS NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF NODES, SAID NODES COMPRISING AT LEAST A FIRST AND A SECOND ROUTER AND AT LEAST ONE CLIENT CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROUTERS, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: RECEIVING INFORMATION AT THE FIRST ROUTER FROM THE OTHER NODES, SAID INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CONDITION OF THE OTHER NODES, CALCULATING A CONTENTION WINDOW FOR SAID FIRST ROUTER BASED ON THE RECEIVED INFORMATION; AND SETTING THE DELAY FOR A RETRANSMISSION OF DATA BY THE FIRST ROUTER TO THE CALCULATED CONTENTION WINDOW, WHEREIN THE RETRANSMISSION OF DATA FOLLOWS AN UNSUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSION OF SAID DATA. (FIGURE 2)</p> |