Semi-random back-off method for achieving resource reservation in wireless local area networks
A method and apparatus are described including determining if a successful unicast transmission has occurred, adjusting a contention window to a minimum value and adjusting a time slot back-off counter to one-half of the value of the contention window plus one responsive to the determination and adjusting the contention window using one of a plurality of adjustment schemes and selecting said time slot back-off counter from an interval between zero and the contention window.
Thomson Licensing
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H04W
inventional
Jun Yong Xiao-jun
Li He Ma