A network includes stations that communicate with one another via a common medium using a non-deterministic protocol. The risk of collision between the two frames transmitted simultaneously by two stations is reduced by providing each station with a detector to determine whether there is a risk of collision...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6178177?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6178177 - Data-processing network having non-deterministic access, but having deterministic access time
Data-processing network having non-deterministic access, but having ...