Computer Networks · topic
Pure and slotted ALOHA throughput and their peaks, CSMA persistence, CSMA/CD collision timing, minimum frame size and binary exponential backoff, CSMA/CA in one line; the Ethernet frame and its size limits, MAC addresses, and how hubs, bridges and learning switches split collision and broadcast domains.
When many stations share one broadcast channel (a coaxial cable, a hub, a radio frequency), two frames sent at overlapping times destroy each other: a collision. The medium access control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer decides who may transmit when.
Ethernet is the dominant wired local area network technology. Its original form was a shared bus (later a hub) on which all stations contended with CSMA/CD (Medium Access Control).
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