Implications of physical layer overhead on the design of multiaccess protocols

M. J. Karol, Z. Liu, P. Pancha

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Abstract

The authors examine the implications of physical layer overhead on the design of multiaccess protocols under a demand-assignment framework, comparing full-slot contention with mini-slot contention. Even if the physical layer overhead is substantial relative to the packet size, we show that after 'paying the price' of transmitting the physical layer overhead it is still better, from a delay-throughput perspective, to only transmit a short request rather than a full packet during a contention period.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2062-2063
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume32
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 1996

Keywords

  • Multi-access systems
  • Protocols

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