Bug 2034

Summary:	CSMA-CA BackoffPeriod is too short
Product:	ns-3	Reporter:	Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella>
Component:	lr-wpan	Assignee:	Tom Henderson <tomh>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	ns-bugs
Priority:	P5
Version:	ns-3-dev
Hardware:	All
OS:	All

Description Tommaso Pecorella 2014-12-19 11:01:03 UTC

See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!starred/ns-3-users/jyW2iI_dEhc

The standard is not totally clear, but the general consensus is that the Backoff Period is between 0 and (2^BE - 1) including the boundaries. In the code the upper boundary is excluded.

See also IEEE 802.15.4-2006 - 7.5.1.4 CSMA-CA algorithm

Comment 1 Tommaso Pecorella 2015-05-02 16:08:19 UTC

changeset:   11345:9ae402a910f3