Method and apparatus for use in a network of the ethernet type,

Details Method and apparatus for use in a network of the ethernet type, Method and apparatus for use in a network of the ethernet type,

1993-06-30

1995-05-23

Olms, Douglas W.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

370 851, 370 852, H04J 314

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054187842

ABSTRACT:
A technique for modifying the IEEE 802.3 standard for selecting transmit-to-transmit interpacket gap (IPG) intervals in a Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) network, in the event that a node has captured the network communication channel. If there is a small number of active nodes on the network, one node may capture the channel and the standard backoff algorithm makes it increasingly unlikely for another node to transmit. The new technique provides for less aggressive, i.e. longer, interpacket gap (IPG) intervals to be used by a node that has captured the channel, thereby increasing the likelihood that another node will gain access.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4707829 (1987-11-01), Pendse
John Spragins, "Telecommunications Protocols and Designs" pp. 328-331.

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