WWRF  ·  Xiaojing Tao · xiaojing@sce.carleton.ca · 18.02.2005· Carleton University · WWRF 13 WG3
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Adaptive Traffic Balancing
•The number of collisions that can be seen by a node over a certain period can indicate the node mobility or medium usage condition more precisely than other parameters
-The faster nodes move, the larger number of collisions can be observed by nodes
-The larger number of collision happens, the more backoff periods are and less medium usage is detected
•Method
-Nodes measure the medium usage and number of collisions over a certain period
-Based on the number of collisions, a suitable threshold is set