PROBABILISTICALLY SCHEDULED COGNITIVE IEEE 802.11 MAC

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product for media access control in a wireless network with a plurality of stations, comprising: receiving, at a station in the plurality of stations, a request for information from the access point and a transmit range; selecting a transmit position at random within the transmit range; identifying a start time to begin initiating a CSMA/CA protocol of transmitting the information based on the transmit position of the station and a bin interval time of other stations with earlier transmit positions than the transmit position of the station; and initiating the CSMA/CA process of transmitting the information after its identified start time.