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CSMA, collision detection and avoidance

TEE · shared foundations and Units 3–4 · current syllabus 702AI0C023

  1. Carrier sensing: why listening does not remove every collision
  2. 1-persistent, non-persistent and p-persistent CSMA
  3. CSMA/CD: detect a collision while transmitting
  4. Binary exponential backoff
  5. CSMA/CA: reduce collision risk before sending
  6. Hidden terminals and RTS/CTS