ms START: A random access algorithm for the IEEE 802.14 HFC network

Computer Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 876-887

  Bisdikiana, Chatschik ^a   McNeil, Bill ^b   Norman, Rob ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hybrid fiber coaxial network; MsSTART; Random access algorithm; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION;

HYBRID FIBER/COAXIAL (HFC) NETWORKS; MULTISLOT STACK RANDOM ACCESS ALGORITHM (MSSTART);

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 0030231746     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-3664(96)01121-8     Document Type: Article

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