Aloha
(From the Hawaiian greeting) A system of contention resolution devised at The University of Hawaii. Packets are broadcast when ready, the sender listens to see if they collide and if so re-transmits after a random time. Slotted Aloha constrains packets to start at the beginning of a time slot. Basic Aloha is appropriate to long propagation time nets (e.g. satellite). For shorter propagation times, carrier sense protocols are possible.
Last updated: 1995-12-10
Nearby terms:
allow-none ♦ ALLOY ♦ ALM ♦ Aloha ♦ Aloha Net ♦ Alonzo Church ♦ ALP ♦ ALPAK
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