On the Choice of the Timeout Distribution in Decentralized Random Access Systems
E. Masry, Ramesh R. Rao · IRE Transactions on Communications Systems · 1986
A decentralized multiple access system in whichm \geq 2collided users employ a random access protocol is considered. Maximum entropy considerations are used to select the appropriate timeout distribution under various moment constraints. This analysis extends and corrects an earlier result form = 2.