9 | | This application note is fundamentally different -- we will build a completely non-standard MAC from scratch and use the [wiki:802.11/wlan_exp WLAN Experiments Framework] to characterize our novel design. The intent of this application note is to act as a tutorial. It is a step-by-step example of how to build something that really does not even resemble the standard 802.11 MAC. |
| 9 | This application note is fundamentally different -- we will build a completely non-standard MAC from scratch and use the [wiki:802.11/wlan_exp WLAN Experiments Framework] to characterize our novel design. The intent of this application note is to act as a tutorial. It is a step-by-step example of how to build something that really does not even resemble the standard 802.11 MAC. In fact, the MAC we will build in this tutorial is really the philosophical opposite to the 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). The DCF is the classical example of a random access MAC. In this tutorial, we will build a simple scheduled access MAC that we call "TokenMAC." |
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| 11 | == Overview of TokenMAC == |
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| 13 | || [[Image(wiki:802.11/wlan_exp/app_notes/tutorial_token_mac/figs:token_overview.png, width=800)]] || |
| 14 | || ''TokenMAC avoids contention not through randomness, but rather through explicit token passing from a managing AP.''' || |