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Method and apparatus for prioritizing traffic in half-duplex networks

  • US 5,852,723 A
  • Filed: 08/06/1996
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a network station of mediating collisions on network media, comprising:

  • sensing a collision on the media;

    determining a priority of data to be transmitted by the network station;

    determining a slot time interval by multiplying a predetermined slot time interval with (1) an integer randomly selected from a range of integers calculated from an exponential number of access attempts by the network station, and (2) a selected coefficient having a value corresponding to the determined priority; and

    attempting access of the media in response to the detected collision and after the slot time interval.

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