Towards a Zero-Failure Distributed Access for Wireless Collision Channels

Currently in the literature, there is a significant number of access methods to the shared communication channel. For this purpose, two major classes of protocols are defined: controlled access protocols and competing protocols, in which our work is registered. In our paper, we define an access protocol where each station possesses a different and unique contention sequence CS, with which they enter in a battle with other stations. In the end of the competition, only one station is identified as a winner, and will be allowed to access to the channel and transmit its information successfully without any risk of failure. This technique is named zero failure access ZFA.