On the stability of exponential backoff

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Song, Nah Oak ^a   Kwak, Byung Jae ^a   Miller, Leonard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential backoff algorithm; Medium access control; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBABILITY; SCHEDULING;

EXPONENTIAL BACKOFF; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 0348041779     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.108.027     Document Type: Article

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