Hi, 

Ok, I understand.

Thanks and kind regards,
Esteban

On Tue, 2017-02-14 at 07:24 +0000, Thomas Watteyne wrote:
> Esteban, 
> 
> 
> You are right, if a mote doesn't send anything else than EBs and DIOs
> (which are all sent to link-layer address 0xffff), it will not
> increase the BE value. It is only when the starts particpating in a
> join procedure, or exchanges application-level data that is will
> realize it doesn't receive an ACK and increase BE. I do believe that
> the duration after being switched on that a mote only sends EBs and
> DIOs is short.
> 
> 
> Thomas
> 
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Esteban Municio
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>         Hi Thomas,
>         
>         No, that's exactly what I ment.
>         
>         I was just thinking about how the network would behave when
>         for example
>         20 o 30 nodes are switched on simultaneously in Minimal. If
>         the initial
>         value of BE is low (1 or 2), collisions are expected to be
>         very frequent
>         in the shared cell. And since the first messages for joining
>         the network
>         (EBs and DIOs) are broadcasted without expecting an ACK, the
>         BE could
>         remain unmodified and the joining process could last forever.
>         
>         Could this scenario happen? Or am I missing something
>         important?
>         
>         But indeed maybe this is out of the scope of Minimal since is
>         just
>         matter of sizing the number of shared cells in the schedule
>         and the
>         topic is rather related with the 802.15.4 standard than with
>         6tisch.
>         
>         Kind regards,
>         Esteban
>         
>         
>         On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 23:46 +0000, Thomas Watteyne wrote:
>         > Esteban,
>         >
>         >
>         > I believe this is fully specified in the 802.15.4 standard.
>         In a
>         > nutshell, the back-off mechanism is triggered only when the
>         cell is
>         > marked as "shared". When a mote sends a packet and doesn't
>         get an ACK,
>         > the BE is changed. If you send a frame to link-layer
>         destination
>         > 0xffff, you're not expecting an ACK, so BE will not change.
>         >
>         >
>         > I may be missing your point?
>         >
>         >
>         > Thomas
>         >
>         > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Esteban Municio
>         > <[email protected]> wrote:
>         >         Hi all,
>         >
>         >         I was wondering if there is any recommendation about
>         how set
>         >         up the
>         >         Backoff mechanism in shared cells when no ACKs are
>         expected.
>         >
>         >         According to the standard, macMaxBE and macMinBE are
>         defined
>         >         and the BE
>         >         is increased at every attempt. However, if the node
>         is not
>         >         expecting any
>         >         ACK (i.e sending DIOs or EBs), I guess the BE will
>         be always
>         >         the same.
>         >         Is there any recommendation in Minimal about how to
>         choose
>         >         this value?
>         >
>         >         Maybe a value related with the number of nodes or
>         DIO/EB
>         >         period?
>         >
>         >         Kind regards,
>         >         Esteban
>         >
>         >         --
>         >         Esteban Municio
>         >         IDLab - Dept. Mathematics and Computer Science
>         >         University of Antwerp - imec
>         >         Middelheimlaan 1 , 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
>         >         Office M.G.325
>         >
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>         Esteban Municio
>         IDLab - Dept. Mathematics and Computer Science
>         University of Antwerp - imec
>         Middelheimlaan 1 , 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
>         Office M.G.325
>         
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Esteban Municio
IDLab - Dept. Mathematics and Computer Science 
University of Antwerp - imec
Middelheimlaan 1 , 2020 Antwerp, Belgium 
Office M.G.325 

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