Scalable Video Streaming for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Using a Contention-Based Access MAC Protocol

Table 3

FHSS system parameters for IEEE 802.11e used to obtain numerical results.

Parameter	Value
Packet payload	1500 bytes
MAC header (${\text{MAC}}_{\text{hdr}}$)	36 bytes
PHY header (${\text{PHY}}_{\text{hdr}}$)	16 bytes
RTS	$20\text{bytes}+{\text{PHY}}_{\text{hdr}}$
CTS	$\text{14\hspace{0.17em}bytes}+{\text{PHY}}_{\text{hdr}}$
ACK	$\text{14\hspace{0.17em}bytes}+{\text{PHY}}_{\text{hdr}}$
Channel capacity (BW)	1 Mbps
Slot time	50 microseconds
SIFS	28 microseconds
DIFS	128 microseconds
RTS time out	$(\text{RTS}/\text{BW}\times 8\times {10}^6)+\text{DIFS}$ microseconds