| 摘要 |
A technique that enables a shared communications medium to achieve an increased data rate under lossy conditions while maintaining low latency is disclosed. The technique incorporates two aspects that enable the improved performance. The first aspect comprises the rigorous use of a single message flow between two stations at any given time with interframe spaces that are adjusted to allow an uninterrupted flow of frames. An admission control protocol enforces the single flow. The second aspect is the creation of high shared channel utilization (i.e., "efficiency"). Efficiency is achieved by generating enough opportunities for stations to get on the air, in part by minimizing backoff intervals when a priority flow is needed. |
