Conflict-Free Access Protocols

Conflict-free protocols are designed to ensure that a transmission, whenever made, is not interfered by any other transmission and is therefore successful. This is achieved by allocating the channel to the users without any overlap between the portions of the channel allocated to different users. An important advantage of conflict-free access protocols is the ability to ensure fairness among users and the ability to control the packet delay—a feature that may be essential in real-time applications.