TITLE:   Throughput analysis of a collision free protocol 
	 for local areas networks
	 
AUTHORS: Phung, V.P.T., and N.J. Dimopoulos

IN:      Proceedings of 13th Conf. on Local Area Networks, 
	 Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 1988
	 

ABSTRACT 

CSMA/CD is a widely accepted access method for local area networks. 
However, due to the growing number of collisions at heavy load, the 
throughput of such systems deteriorates. One variation of the CSMA/CD 
permits waiting stations to contend for the network during the current
transmission. At the end of the transmission, the candidate of the next 
transmission is expected to be chosen thus eliminating the idle period.
The network throughput increases correspondingly. This paper describes
an analytical method to calculate the throughput of this collision free
protocol. The results are then, compared with the throughput of the 
original CSMA/CD access method.