GLOBECOM
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2007
IEEE
—IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) uses a binary exponential backoff algorithm to arbitrate simultaneous channel access by multiple stations. When a station sen...
ESA
2006
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. We study the problem of contention resolution for differentsized jobs on a simple channel. When a job makes a run attempt, it learns only whether the attempt succeeded or...
LCN
1994
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
1994
IEEE
We analyze the behavior of the Ethernet in networks with a small number of active stations, and describe what is known as the Ethernet capture effect, where a station transmits co...