Pseudorandom sequence contention algorithm for IEEE 802.11ah based internet of things network.

The IEEE 802.11ah standard relies on the conventional distributed coordination function (DCF) as a backoff selection method. The DCF is utilized in the contention-based period of the newly introduced medium access control (MAC) mechanism, namely restricted access window (RAW). Despite various advant...

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Main Authors: Mohammed A Raouf, Fazirulhisyam Hashim, Jiun Terng Liew, Kamal Ali Alezabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237386