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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William J. Beyda, Cupertino, CA (US);
Harry Yen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Charles Marcus White, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Information and Communications Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/2413 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/2413 ;
Abstract
A network node,capable of detecting how many parties have collided during attempts to transmit on a bus,If more than one party has been detected to collide, the node,selects a backoff window from a larger randomized group of possible backoff windows than if the node had collided with only one other party. In this way, delays due to multiple parties colliding are minimized.