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MACAW
IEEE 802.11 Standard
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Reducing Cost of Collisions
q Collisions are expensive Ø How to reduce their cost? q “Reserve” the wireless channel before transmitting
data
Ø Send short control packets for reservation Ø Collision may occur for control packets, but they are
short è è lower collision cost
q Once channel reserved, data transmission (hopefully)