9XTend™
OEM
RF
Module
–
Product
Manual
v1.2.4
©
2005
MaxStream,
Inc.
Confidential
&
Proprietary
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RB and RO parameters are not applied to subsequent packets, meaning that once transmission
has begun, it will continue uninterrupted until the DI buffer is empty or the streaming limit (TT)
has been reached. As with the first packet, the payload of each subsequent packet includes up to
the maximum packet size (PK), and the transmitting module checks for more pending data near
the end of each packet.
The streaming limit (TT) specifies the maximum number of bytes that the transmitting module
will send in one transmission event, which may consist of many packets and retries. If the TT
parameter is reached, the transmitting module will force a random delay of 1 to RN delay slots
(exactly 1 delay slot if RN is zero). Each packet is counted only once toward TT, no matter how
many times the packet is retransmitted.
Subsequent packets in acknowledged mode are similar to those in streaming mode, with the
addition of an acknowledgement between each packet, and the possibility of retransmissions.
Subsequent packets are sent without an RF initializer, as the receiving modules are already
synchronized to the transmitting module from the preceding packet(s) and they remain
synchronized for the duration of the transmission event. Each retransmission of a packet includes
an RF initializer.
Once the transmitting module has sent all pending data or has reached the TT limit, the
acknowledged transmission event is completed. The transmitting module will not transmit again
for exactly RN delay slots, if the local RN parameter is set to a nonzero value. The receiving
module will not transmit for a random number of delay slots between 0 and (RN-1), if the local
RN parameter is set to a nonzero value. These delays are intended to lessen congestion following
long bursts of packets from a single transmitting module, during which several receiving modules
may have themselves become ready to transmit.
