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binary exponential backoff

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binary exponential backoff - An algorithm for dealing with contention in the use of a network. To transmit a packet the host sets a local parameter, L to 1 and transmits in one of the next L slots. If a collision occurs, it doubles L and repeats.


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The binary exponential backoff (BEB), a widely used backoff algorithm, adjusts the contention window size by indirectly estimating the traffic in the communication medium at individual nodes, in effect by counting consecutive collisions involving the same packet.
On the stability of exponential backoff by Miller, Leonard E. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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