Apparatus, and associated method for selecting a size of a contention window for a packet of data system
US6285662A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to select the size of a contention window within which to transmit a packet of data upon a random access channel in a multi-user scheme. The number of time slots allocated to form random access channels in a frame is selectably variable in a dynamic manner. Advantage is made of the dynamic allocation of random access channels to select the size of the contention window. Operation is advantageously implemented in a mobile terminal operable in a wireless LAN (local area network), such as that set forth in the BRAN (broadband access network) promulgated by the ETSI.
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