User Manual
Table Of Contents
- ChapterTitleList - Technical Support
- ChapterTitleList - Regulatory Information
- ChapterTitleList - Information to the User
- ChapterTitleList - Table of Contents
- ChapterTitle - About WaveLAN/IEEE
- ChapterTitle - Hardware Installation
- ChapterTitle - Installation for Windows
- ChapterTitle - Advanced WaveLAN Parameters
- ChapterTitle - Monitoring WaveLAN Performance
- ChapterTitle - WaveLAN Security Options
- ChapterTitle - Card Specifications
- ChapterTitle - Troubleshooting
- ChapterTitle - Installing in Windows CE
- ChapterTitle - Installation for MS-DOS
- ChapterTitle - Installing in Apple Macintosh
- ChapterTitle - Warranty Repair Card
- ChapterTitleList - List of Figures
- ChapterTitleList - List of Tables
- ChapterTitleList - Index
Advanced WaveLAN Parameters
Medium Reservation
WaveLAN IEEE 802.11 PC Card User’s Guide 4-11
About the Medium Reservation Mechanism 4
When you enable Medium Reservation on a suspect “hidden
station”, this WaveLAN station and its WavePOINT-II access point
will use a Request to Send/Clear to Send protocol (RTS/CTS).
■ The station will send an RTS to the WavePOINT-II device, that
will include information about the length of the frame that the
station would like to transmit (see Figure 4-6).
■ Upon receipt, the WavePOINT-II device will respond with a
CTS message to all stations within its range to:
— Notify all other stations to defer transmissions for the time-
frame of the requested transmission.
— Confirm the requestor station that the WavePOINT-II has
checked the medium for availability, and has reserved it for
the time-frame of the requested transmission. The CTS
process is Figure 4-7 on page 4-11.
Figure 4-7 Medium Reservation “Clear to Send”