[e2e] TCP Local Area Normal behaviour? any references?

[Christian Huitema]

> See ``A New Binary Logarithmic Arbitration Method for Ethernet'', Mart
> L. Molle, Tech report CSRI-298, Computer Science Research Insitute,
> University of Toronto, 1994.  Molle examined the results of Boggs and
> Mogul, and proposed a better, fairer backoff algorithm, BLAM that (in
> Molle's words) gave a logarithmic rather than linear estimator of the
> offered workload, yielding a less non-work-preserving discipline than
> binary exponential backoff.  BLAM never went anywhere, since
> half-duplex shared Ethernet became obsolescent about that time.

If I recall correctly, Gerard LeLann proposed a similar algorithm in
1987:

G. Le Lann. The 802.3D Protocol: A variation of the IEEE802.3 Standard
for Real-time LANs. Technical Report, INRIA, France, 1987.

-- Christian Huitema