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Table 1 Notations and variables used in analytical analysis.

From: On Adaptive Contention Resolution Schemes for IEEE 802.16 BWA Systems

Notations and variables

Meaning and explanation

Number of estimated active connections

Probability of a contention failure

Transmission probability

Utilization factor of contention period

Optimal value of parameter p

Initial backoff window size

Maximum backoff window size

Maximum number of backoff stages

Average contention window size

Optimal contention window size