Analysis of backoff protocols for multiple access channels

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 740-774

  Håstad, Johan ^a,b   Leighton, Tom ^a   Rogoff, Brian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Backoff protocols; Ethernet; Markov chains; Stochastic stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001153669     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539792233828     Document Type: Article

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