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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Chan Won Park, Daejeon, KR;
Dae Hwan Hwang, Daejeon, KR;
Bong Tae Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a media access controller, and more particularly, to a media access controller which can adjust operational parameters according to a setting environment of a packet transmission system by re-setting the operational parameters of the media access controller by an external source. A media access controller (MAC) according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a carrier analyzer, which generates a timeslot using a carrier sense signal input from a modem of a station and outputs a type and a timeslot of a received frame; a collision resolution handler, which grants medium access by monitoring for collisions between stations and between itself and another station using a collision resolution algorithm; a random number generator, which generates a random number (RndNum) based on a MAC address value when a collision between itself and another station occurs; a transmission on generator, which receives a transmission ready (TxReady) signal and a timeslot to be transmitted from a frame controller of the system and generates a data transmission on (TxDataOn) signal and a transmission frame type (TxSigType) signal; and a parameter setting unit, which adjusts operational parameters of the MAC to be suitable for a setting environment of the station.