Patent ID: 9301319
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of communicating via a wireless medium by a wireless communications apparatus within a network, comprising: utilizing, by the wireless communications apparatus, a contention window for wireless communication, the contention window comprising one or more time slots provided for determining a deferral period for deferring access to the wireless medium; estimating, by the wireless communications apparatus, a collision probability associated with a load of the network, the collision probability estimated based at least in part upon a number of the one or more time slots that are idle; adjusting, by the wireless communications apparatus, a size of the contention window, in response to a successful transmission of a frame, based at least on the estimated collision probability the adjustment comprising increasing the size of the contention window if the number of the one or more time slots is below a lower threshold and decreasing the size of the contention window if the number of the one or more time slots is above an upper threshold; and transmitting, by the wireless communications apparatus, information indicating the size of the contention window to one or more wireless devices operating within the network.