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Mac Protocols 2
Mac Protocols 2
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Carrier Sense Multiple Access
(CSMA)
• Stations sense the medium before
transmitting.
• This can reduce the vulnerable period.
CSMA
• 1-persistent
– If medium is idle, then transmit.
– If medium is not idle, then wait until it is and then transmit.
• p-persistent (for slotted channels only)
– If medium is idle, then transmit.
– If medium is not idle, then wait until it is idle
– Once idle then transmit with probability p. And wait for the next slot with
probability 1-p and repeat.
Frame transmission time must be at least twice as long as the propagation delay.
Efficiency = (1500-26)/1500
Ethernet Address
MAC address
6 bytes = 7x1013 address
Each interface has its own address. There are no duplicate
address.
Hub