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A multiple access communications system links a plurality of geographically dispersed subscriber locations (each of which including a transmitter and receiver) with a central location (also including a transmitter and receiver). Multiple access communication is required in the direction from the sub

A multiple access communications system links a plurality of geographically dispersed subscriber locations (each of which including a transmitter and receiver) with a central location (also including a transmitter and receiver). Multiple access communication is required in the direction from the subscriber transmitters to the central receiver. In order to maintain stability, a subscriber/transmitter which unsuccessfully transmits (due to a collision with a transmission from another subscriber) will retransmit. Multiple succeeding unsuccessful transmissions at any subscriber result at that subscriber in increasingly longer delays between successive transmissions.

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A method of multiple access communication for communicating information from a plurality of transmitters coupled over a common communication link to a receiver location comprising: transmitting from a transmitter, with information to transmit, at an arbitrary time, over said communication link, init

A method of multiple access communication for communicating information from a plurality of transmitters coupled over a common communication link to a receiver location comprising: transmitting from a transmitter, with information to transmit, at an arbitrary time, over said communication link, initiating a sequence of retransmissions at said transmitter, said sequence terminating on receipt of an acknowledgement from said receiver, wherein at least some of said sequential retransmissions are spaced by increasingly longer delays.