One-way packet communication channel with retransmissions

Publication Date
2001-06-12Filing Date
1999-01-22Inventor
Davidson, Boris
Bostian, Charles W.
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A random access technique for one way channels. With the apparatus and method of this system, each user sends an initial message of stated length to a central receiver. The message is then retransmitted a specified number of times in a pre-determined interval reserved for the retransmission process. The time interval between each successive retransmission of a given message is randomly generated. The random access protocol with retransmissions improves the probability of successful message transmission in a one way communication environment where observation (retransmission) periods for all users do not overlap.
Assignee
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
Patent Number
6246693
Application Number
9236004
Primary/U.S. Class
370/445
Other/U.S. Class
CPC Class
H04L47/10
H04L1/08
Patent Type
utility
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- Virginia Tech Patents [687]