SCHEME FOR REDUCING TRANSMISSION DELAY FOLLOWING COLLISION OF TRANSMISSIONS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

摘要

In a contention type of communication network, the collision backoff time period during which retransmission of collided messages may not be attempted is computed as a multiple of a time slot S such that B+ 2A. ltoreq.S 2B+2A, where A is the maximum interstation propagation delay of the communication medium and B is the intrastation propagation delay of the network stations. The collision backoff time period is timed from the point at which the medium becomes quiescent following collision and transmission of the jam signal.