Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,650,997 · App. 08/735,155
Method and apparatus for use in a network of the ethernet type, to improve fairness by controlling collision backoff times in the event of channel capture
Inventors:
Henry S. Yang, Anthony G. Lauck, Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, William Hawe
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 22, 1997
Filed: Oct 24, 1996
Inventors
Henry S. Yang
Anthony G. Lauck
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan
William Hawe
Assignee (at issue)
Digital Equipment Corporation
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