| Article ID: | iaor1990968 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 190 |
| End Page Number: | 200 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1990 |
| Journal: | INFOR |
| Authors: | Park June, Bartoszynski Robert |
| Keywords: | communication, computers, queues: theory, stochastic processes |
The authors develop a joint probability generating function for the message queue lengths in a slotted persistent CSMA (Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access) system with a finite population of buffered users. Each user is assumed to have an independent and identical process of packet generation and an infinite buffer for storing outstanding packets. A closed form formula is obtained for the generating function in case of a two user system.