BINARY EXPONENTIAL BACKOFF


Meaning of BINARY EXPONENTIAL BACKOFF in English

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 slot s. If a collision occurs, it doubles L and repeats.

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