Collison reduction algorithm for an ethernet backoff protocol
US5717889A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S370/91
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved method for solving collisions in an Ethernet network. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented using circuitry that senses when the system cable is active. When a station on the network involved in a collision is implementing its collision backoff algorithm and the system cable becomes active, a Stop Backoff Logic comprising an AND gate provides a signal to stop the collision backoff algorithm counter until the system cable is again quiet.
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