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Table 1 Typical values for the IEEE 802.11b DCF parameters

From: A network resource availability model for IEEE802.11a/b-based WLAN carrying different service types

DIFS

50 μs

SIFS

10 μs

Slot time

20 μs

CWmin

32

CWmax

1,023

Data rate

1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps

Basic rate

2 Mbps

PHY header

192 μs

MAC header

34 bytes

ACK

248 μs