| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a method ( 100 ), access point ( 20 ) and program product ( 35 ) for providing airtime and bandwidth fairness in wireless networks. To provide bandwidth fairness, a more fragment bit is set in a set of packets ( 46 C) received by an access point ( 20 ) so that the packets of the set of packets ( 46 C) can be transmitted to its destination ( 46 C) successively (i.e., without back-off). To provide airtime fairness, upon receiving a packet ( 34 ) destined for a wireless station ( 22 A), the access point ( 20 ) will calculate an airtime requirement for transmitting the packet ( 34 ), set a time counter ( 50 ) based on the airtime requirement. Thereafter, it will be determined whether the packet ( 34 ) can be transmitted to wireless station 22 A before the time counter ( 50 ) expires. If not, transmission of the packet ( 34 ) will either not occur, or the packet ( 34 ) will be split into a set of fragments ( 48 ) for transmission.
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