Scalable Video Streaming for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Using a Contention-Based Access MAC Protocol

Algorithm 1

Computing $C$, given the transmission probabilities $p_i$'s.

$C=\text{Compute}\_C(p_1\mathrm{,}{p}_2,\dots ,p_N\mathrm{,}N)$

$I=1$

$C=0$

$S=0$

for $i=1$ to $N$ do

 $S=S\times (1-p_i)+I\times p_i$

 $I=I-I\times p_i$

 $C=1-I-S$

end for

return $C$