Optimized random access scheme for a shared response
US6490645B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/40143
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method by which a plurality of users share access to a resource such as a common communications channel. Each user is assigned a priority and is provided with a non-uniform probability distribution function corresponding to that priority, with the sum of the several non-uniform probability distribution functions being uniform. Whenever a user wishes to access the resource, the user selects a random number according to its non-uniform probability distribution function and computes an access time based on the selected random number.
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