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ALOHA: a standalone construct

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Computer networking

a random access protocol in which stations transmit whenever they have data and retransmit after random delays if packets collide.

In computer networking, ALOHA refers to a random access protocol in which stations transmit whenever they have data and retransmit after random delays if packets collide. This meaning comes from Abramson (1970) in Proceedings of the November 17-19, 1970, Fall Joint Computer Conference.[1]

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References

Abramson, N. (1970). The ALOHA system: Another alternative for computer communications. In Proceedings of the November 17-19, 1970, Fall Joint Computer Conference (pp. 281-285). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1478462.1478502

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