Apparatus for reducing contention in prioritized contention access of wireless personal area network and method of using the same

摘要

A contention reduction apparatus and method in a prioritized contention access (PCA) method of a Wireless Personal Area Network are provided. A contention reduction apparatus of a Wireless Personal Area Network includes: a prioritized contention access (PCA) section retriever which retrieves a PCA section from beacons received for a beacon period (BP); a PCA section divider which divides the retrieved PCA section; a device selector which selects devices using the PCA section; and a PCA section allocator which allocates the divided PCA section to the selected devices.