Media access control device for wireless LAN

摘要

A media access control device for controlling an acquisition of a transmission opportunity in a wireless LAN, includes a plurality of transmission queues for respectively storing transmission target frames according to a transmission policy which has transmission priority of the frame; a transmission controller for controlling the acquisition of the transmission opportunity based on a status of a medium, and sending a frame having transmission policy corresponding to the acquired transmission opportunity from the transmission queue; and transmission frame transfer unit for transferring a frame supplied from a higher layer to the transmission queue based on the transmission policy of the supplied frame and based on an empty status of the transmission queue corresponding to the transmission policy.