A comparison of wi-fi and wimax with case studies - Florida State ...
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SIFS (Short InterFrame Spacing)<br />
Figure 3-19 Frame Interval for IEEE 802.11<br />
This is the shortest interval <strong>and</strong> mainly used for high priority transmission; including a<br />
receiver sends CTS back to a transmitter, a receiver sends an ACK for a fragment or a full frame<br />
<strong>and</strong> a transmitter <strong>of</strong> a fragmentation burst send the next fragment <strong>wi</strong>thout sending RTS again.<br />
PIFS (PCF InterFrame Spacing)<br />
This interval is used for competition-free transmission by PCF. If the SIFS interval passed<br />
<strong>and</strong> no stations occupy the channel, after PIFS, the base station <strong>wi</strong>ll send a poll frame or a<br />
beacon frame. Any stations which have data or fragment sequence waiting for transmitting can<br />
start to send after PIFS <strong>wi</strong>thout disturbance or competition.<br />
DIFS (DCF InterFrame Spacing)<br />
After DIFS, every station can start to compete for earning the channel usage <strong>and</strong> then the<br />
<strong>wi</strong>nner takes all. The all transmission rules <strong>and</strong> Ethernet binary exponential back <strong>of</strong>f algorithm<br />
are applied.<br />
EIFS (Extended InterFrame Spacing)<br />
This is only used when a mistake has happened during a transmission.<br />
3.3.2.6. Power saving<br />
To extend the battery’s life <strong>of</strong> the MS (Mobile Station), the 802.11 MAC layer provides a<br />
power management protocol. A base station can direct a MS to go into the sleep mode <strong>and</strong> buffer<br />
frames for it. Later the MS could be awakened by a base station which sends a beacon frame or a<br />
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