Sharing of ARQ Slots in Gilbert -- Elliot Channels.

This letter treats the problem of `in transmission slots sharing a pool of n automatic repeat request slots. Two cases are treated. In one, these in slots belong to the same basestation-terminal pair, i.e., a frequency-division multiplexing channel. In the other, they are used by indifferent basestation-teflfliflal pairs, i.e., a time-division multiplexing channel. The smallest ii to satisfy loss and delay requirement is determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]