HIPERLAN 1 CAC Sublayer
n Channel Access Control (CAC)
assure that terminal does not access forbidden channels
priority scheme, access with EY-NPMA
n Priorities
5 priority levels for QoS support
QoS is mapped onto a priority level with the help of the packet
lifetime (set by an application)
n if packet lifetime = 0 it makes no sense to forward the packet to the
receiver any longer
n standard start value 500ms, maximum 16000ms
n if a terminal cannot send the packet due to its current priority, waiting
time is permanently subtracted from lifetime
n based on packet lifetime, waiting time in a sender and number of hops
to the receiver, the packet is assigned to one out of five priorities
n the priority of waiting packets, therefore, rises automatically