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Congestion (cont.)
n Each station listens to the
network
n 1
st
station to finish it’s
allocated slot times sends
data
n If another station “hears”
another station talk, it stops
counting down its back-off
timer
n In addition to the MAC
back-off, 802.11 adds
another back-off to ensure
fairness
n When in this “contention
window” it uses these
back-off timers
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Congestion (cont.)
DIFS
DIFS
Contention Window
Frame
Frame
Medium is fee for DIFS,
so client begins to transmit
Slot time
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