AirLive AirMax DUO User Manual

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4. Wireless and WAN Settings

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ECWmax: If the first random backoff time ends before successful

transmission of the data frame, the access point increases a retry counter,

and doubles the value of the random backoff window. The value specified in
the Maximum Contention Window is the upper limit for this doubling of the

random backoff. This doubling continues until either the data frame is sent or

the Maximum Contention Window size is reached.

AIFS

The Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFs) specifies a wait time (in
milliseconds) for data frames. 802.11e uses interframe spaces to regulate

which frames get access to available channels and to coordinate wait times

for transmission of different types of data. The AIFs ensures that multiple

access points do not try sending data at the same time but instead wait until a
channel is free. Valid values for AIFs are 1 through 255.

Transmission Opportunity

The Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) is an interval of time when a WMM

client station has the right to initiate transmissions onto the wireless medium.

This value specifies (in milliseconds) the Transmission Opportunity (TXOP)
for client stations; that is, the interval of time when a WMM client station has

the right to initiate transmissions on the wireless network.

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