[ns] SIFS Time - 802.11

[Saikat Ray]

As pointed out by another ns-user, a real radio cannot switch from tx to rx mode (or vice-versa) instantly. It takes a finite time. SIFS is designed to give that much time to the radio. The DIFS (and PIFS, although no one seems to use it) is also larger than SIFS to ensure that the current (receiving) node can retain the channel.

[Use text mode please. Your message seems to be coming like an attachment. Very annoying since I miss the message body while replying.]

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DATE: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:00:14 
From: Rohan S <syphy8 at yahoo.com>
To: ns-users at ISI.EDU
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