| @article{aldous1987uie, | |
| title={{Ultimate instability of exponential back-off protocol for acknowledgment-based transmission control of random access communication channels}}, | |
| author={Aldous, David}, | |
| journal={Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on}, | |
| volume={Bogus.}, | |
| number={4}, | |
| pages={219--223}, | |
| year=1987, | |
| note={This is in fact a rather funny read since ethernet works well in practice. The {\em pre} reference is the right one, however.} | |
| } |