A new class of multi-access protocols for packet communication over a satellite channel: The interleaved frame flush-out protocols

A class of protocols, known as the Interleaved Frame Flush-Out (IFFO) protocols are introduced. These protocols combine random access and reservation techniques, and use a slotted variable length frame structure which adapts to instantaneous system traffic. Numerical and simulated results were obtained for the IFFO protocols. It is demonstrated that the delay-through-put performance of both F-IFFO and CR*IFFO is better than that of previously proposed schemes over a wide range of applications, and that stability is guaranteed as long as the input rate is less than one packet per slot.