T p

Preamble transmission time

R s

Preamble transmission symbol rate

T PHY

PHY layer header transmission time

R hdr

Header rate of PHY layer

R DATA

Transmission rate of data

T s

Slot length

T pSIFS

Short inter-frame spacing time

MHR

Mac header

FTR

Mac footer

τ

Propagation time

x

Payload Size

C W min

Contention Window