A SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING ALGORITHMS AND PROTOCOLS FOR OPTIMIZING CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESSCSMA PROTOCOLS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A system and method for achieving enhanced CSMA/CA which improves channel availability and quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communications network. The system and method establish channels to enable communication between nodes in a communication network, based on the relationship between the average time length of message data packets and the time lengths of the request to send and clear to send messages. A node of the communication network places a data packet at a location in a queue for retransmission based on a type of information contained in the data packet if the destination node for which the data packet is intended is unable to receive the data packet. The location in the queue is indicative of a duration of time that the node will delay before attempting to resend the data packet to the destination node.