A repeater in a LAN maintains a count of collisions and retransmission attempts for each node coupled to the repeater since that node's last successful packet transmission. The count is used to prioritize which of the nodes involved in a subsequent collision will be allowed to continue transmitting....http://www.google.fr/patents/US5936962?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5936962 - Method and apparatus for predicting and controlling data transmission in a CSMA/CD LAN
Method and apparatus for predicting and controlling data transmission in a ...