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The slotted ALOHA multiaccess algorithm for the infinite user model is shown to be unstable via a martingale method of independent interest. Consequently, the hypothesis of statistical equilibrium used to calculate the maximum throughput is not valid.
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Rosenkrantz et al. (1983) studied this question.
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