A Modified Access Policy for ETHERNETTMVersion 1.0 Data Link Layer

A modification to the access policy for ETHERNET” Version 1.0 is proposed. By placing additional restrictions (compared with Paper approved by the Editor for Communication Theory of the IEEE Communications Society for publication without oral presentation. Manuscript received Septemebr 7, 1983; revised January 23, 1984. E. Arthurs was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. He is now with Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ 07960. B. W. Stuck was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. He is now with VIATEL, Edison, NJ 08837. Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation. ETHERNET) on each station that is attempting to transmit, this access policy makes it more likely a successful message transmission will occur, and in less time, than the published Version 1.0. Theoretical analysis substantiates these claims.