Introducing an Adaptive Method to Tune Initial Backoff Window ( -ATM) in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 1 Physical Layer Parameters.

Physical characteristic	DSSS
Data Rate	5.5 Mbit/s
Transmit Power (W)	0.005
Packet Reception Power Threshold (dBm)	95
RTS Threshold (byte)	None
Fragmentation Threshold (byte)	None
CTS to Self Option	Enabled
Short Retry Limit	7
Long Retry Limit	4
Max Receiver Lifetime (s)	0.5
Buffer Size (bits)	256,000
Roaming Capability	Disabled