diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/airtime-metric.cc b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/airtime-metric.cc
index 13117c53c..706591d19 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/airtime-metric.cc
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/airtime-metric.cc
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ uint32_t
 AirtimeLinkMetricCalculator::CalculateMetric(Mac48Address peerAddress, Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> mac)
 {
   WifiRemoteStation * station = mac->GetStationManager ()->Lookup(peerAddress);
+  NS_ASSERT(station != 0);
   Ptr<Packet> test_frame = Create<Packet> (test_length);
   uint32_t rate = station->GetDataMode(test_frame, test_length+header_length).GetDataRate ();
-  uint32_t payload_nanosec = (uint32_t)((double)(test_length*8)*1e9 / ((double)rate));
-  uint32_t metric = (uint32_t)(((double)(payload_nanosec + overhead_nanosec))/102.4);
+  uint32_t payload_nanosec = (uint32_t) ((double) (test_length * 8) * 1e9 / ((double)rate));
+  uint32_t metric = (uint32_t) (((double) (payload_nanosec + overhead_nanosec)) / 102.4 * (station->GetAvgSlrc () + 1));
   return metric;
 }
 } //namespace dot11s
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
index 1d0a88482..7d2f2e535 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ WifiRemoteStation::GetTypeId (void)
 WifiRemoteStation::WifiRemoteStation ()
   : m_state (BRAND_NEW),
     m_ssrc (0),
-    m_slrc (0)
+    m_slrc (0),
+    m_avgSlrcCoefficient(0.9),
+    m_avgSlrc (0.0)
 {}
 WifiRemoteStation::~WifiRemoteStation ()
 {}
@@ -545,7 +547,11 @@ WifiRemoteStation::GetAckMode (WifiMode dataMode)
 {
   return GetControlAnswerMode (dataMode);
 }
-
+double
+WifiRemoteStation::GetAvgSlrc ()
+{
+  return m_avgSlrc;
+}
 uint32_t 
 WifiRemoteStation::GetNSupportedModes (void) const
 {
@@ -700,6 +706,7 @@ WifiRemoteStation::ReportRtsOk (double ctsSnr, WifiMode ctsMode, double rtsSnr)
 void 
 WifiRemoteStation::ReportDataOk (double ackSnr, WifiMode ackMode, double dataSnr)
 {
+  m_avgSlrc = m_avgSlrc * m_avgSlrcCoefficient + (double) m_slrc * (1 - m_avgSlrcCoefficient);
   m_slrc = 0;
   DoReportDataOk (ackSnr, ackMode, dataSnr);
 }
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.h b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.h
index 00e23f485..8c2edb7b0 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.h
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public:
    *          handshake.
    */
   WifiMode GetAckMode (WifiMode dataMode);
-
+  double GetAvgSlrc ();
 private:
   typedef std::vector<WifiMode> SupportedModes;
   virtual Ptr<WifiRemoteStationManager> GetManager (void) const = 0;
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ private:
   SupportedModes m_modes;
   TracedValue<uint32_t> m_ssrc;
   TracedValue<uint32_t> m_slrc;
+  ///\name needed to calculate average SLRC
+  ///\{
+  ///\brief the coefficient: we valculate averages slrc as 
+  //m_avgSlrc = m_avgSlr*coefficient + m_slrc*(1-coefficient);
+  double m_avgSlrcCoefficient;
+  double m_avgSlrc;
+  ///\}
 };
 
 } // namespace ns3