Research Article

Collision Resolution Schemes with Nonoverlapped Contention Slots for Heterogeneous and Homogeneous WLANs

Table 1

MAC layer parameters.

ParametersValues

Channel data rate1 Mbps
SIFS10 μs
DIFS50 μs
ACK300 μs
Packet length10 ms
Propagation delay2 μs
Slot time20 μs
No. of back-off stages 8