diff --git a/Config.h b/Config.h
index 16b38fb..ccf1937 100644
--- a/Config.h
+++ b/Config.h
@@ -290,18 +290,23 @@
 	// MCU independent configuration parameters
 	const long serial_baudrate  = 115200;
 	const int lora_rx_turnaround_ms = 50;
+	const int csma_slot_ms = lora_rx_turnaround_ms;
 
 	// SX1276 RSSI offset to get dBm value from
 	// packet RSSI register
 	const int  rssi_offset = 157;
 
 	// Default LoRa settings
-	int  lora_sf   	   = 0;
-	int  lora_cr       = 5;
-	int  lora_txp      = 0xFF;
-	uint32_t lora_bw   = 0;
-	uint32_t lora_freq = 0;
-	uint32_t lora_bitrate = 0;
+	int  lora_sf   	           = 0;
+	int  lora_cr               = 5;
+	int  lora_txp              = 0xFF;
+	uint32_t lora_bw           = 0;
+	uint32_t lora_freq         = 0;
+	uint32_t lora_bitrate      = 0;
+	long lora_preamble_symbols = 6;
+	float lora_symbol_time_ms  = 0.0;
+	float lora_symbol_rate     = 0.0;
+	float lora_us_per_byte     = 0.0;
 
 	// Operational variables
 	bool radio_locked  = true;
@@ -356,7 +361,6 @@
 		float longterm_channel_util = 0.0;
 		float airtime = 0.0;
 		float longterm_airtime = 0.0;
-		float us_per_byte = 0.0;
 		#define current_airtime_bin(void) (millis()%AIRTIME_LONGTERM_MS)/AIRTIME_BINLEN_MS
 	#endif
 	float st_airtime_limit = 0.0;
diff --git a/RNode_Firmware.ino b/RNode_Firmware.ino
index 4b316af..ae34b72 100644
--- a/RNode_Firmware.ino
+++ b/RNode_Firmware.ino
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ bool startRadio() {
         setBandwidth();
         setSpreadingFactor();
         setCodingRate();
+        setPreamble();
         getFrequency();
 
         LoRa.enableCrc();
@@ -403,12 +404,17 @@ void flushQueue(void) {
   queue_flushing = false;
 }
 
+#define PHY_HEADER_LORA_SYMBOLS 8
 void add_airtime(uint16_t written) {
   #if MCU_VARIANT == MCU_ESP32
-    float ms_cost = ((float)written * us_per_byte)/1000.0;
+    float packet_cost_ms = 0.0;
+    float payload_cost_ms = ((float)written * lora_us_per_byte)/1000.0;
+    packet_cost_ms += payload_cost_ms;
+    packet_cost_ms += (lora_preamble_symbols+4.25)*lora_symbol_time_ms;
+    packet_cost_ms += PHY_HEADER_LORA_SYMBOLS * lora_symbol_time_ms;
     uint16_t cb = current_airtime_bin();
     uint16_t nb = cb+1; if (nb == AIRTIME_BINS) { nb = 0; }
-    airtime_bins[cb] += ms_cost;
+    airtime_bins[cb] += packet_cost_ms;
     airtime_bins[nb] = 0;
   #endif
 }
diff --git a/Utilities.h b/Utilities.h
index 5c564bd..db02258 100644
--- a/Utilities.h
+++ b/Utilities.h
@@ -908,11 +908,10 @@ inline uint8_t packetSequence(uint8_t header) {
 void updateBitrate() {
 	#if MCU_VARIANT == MCU_ESP32
 		if (radio_online) {
-			//             self.bitrate = self.r_sf * ( (4.0/self.r_cr) / (math.pow(2,self.r_sf)/(self.r_bandwidth/1000)) ) * 1000
-			//             self.bitrate_kbps = round(self.bitrate/1000.0, 2)
+			lora_symbol_rate = (float)lora_bw/(float)(pow(2, lora_sf));
+			lora_symbol_time_ms = (1.0/lora_symbol_rate)*1000.0;
 			lora_bitrate = (uint32_t)(lora_sf * ( (4.0/(float)lora_cr) / ((float)(pow(2, lora_sf))/((float)lora_bw/1000.0)) ) * 1000.0);
-			us_per_byte = 1000000.0/((float)lora_bitrate/8.0);
-
+			lora_us_per_byte = 1000000.0/((float)lora_bitrate/8.0);
 		} else {
 			lora_bitrate = 0;
 		}
@@ -929,6 +928,11 @@ void setCodingRate() {
 	updateBitrate();
 }
 
+void setPreamble() {
+	if (radio_online) LoRa.setPreambleLength(lora_preamble_symbols);
+	updateBitrate();
+}
+
 void set_implicit_length(uint8_t len) {
 	implicit_l = len;
 	if (implicit_l != 0) {