T p

Preamble transmission time

R s

Preamble transmission symbol rate

T P H Y

PHY layer header transmission time

R h d r

Header rate of PHY layer

R D A T A

Transmission rate of data

T s

Slot length

T p S I F S

Short inter-frame spacing time

MHR

Mac header

FTR

Mac footer

τ

Propagation time

x

Payload Size

C W min

Contention Window