Aloha
<networking> (From the Hawaiian greeting) A system of contention resolution devised at The
University of Hawaii. Packets are
broadcast when ready, the sender listens to see if they collide and if so re-transmits after a random time.
Slotted Aloha constrains packets to start at the beginning of a time slot.
Basic Aloha is appropriate to long propagation time nets (e.g. satellite).
For shorter propagation times, carrier sense {protocols} are possible.
