Apparatus and method for selectively modifying collision delay i

Multiplex communications – Channel assignment techniques – Carrier sense multiple access

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370462, 709225, H04L 12413

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Collision delay intervals are modified in a network node in order to overcome a detected capture effect in a half-duplex network. A network interface having a media access control (MAC) selectively modifies the collision delay interval based on detected capture effect. In one implementation, a node that has been locked out resets its attempt counter to become more aggressive in contending for the media. In applications requiring a guaranteed access, the attempt counter is reset and the collision delay interval is forced to zero slot times to attempt immediate access of the media following a collision. If the network includes multiple applications requiring guaranteed access, a node having encountered collisions switches from normal operation under the truncated binary exponential backoff (TBEB) algorithm to a shifted TBEB operation. If the node has captured the media, the node increases its attempt counter by a prescribed value to provide a less aggressive contention during collision mediation.

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