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ALOHA

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RANDOM-ACCESS METHODS The random-access methods we study in this chapter have evolved from a very interesting protocol known as ALOHA, which used a very simple procedure called Multiple Access (MA). The method was improved with the addition of a procedure that forces the station to sense the medium before transmitting. This was called carrier sense multiple access (CSMA). This method later evolved into two parallel methods: carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD), which tells the station what to do when a collision is detected, and carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA), which tries to avoid the collision. ALOHA ALOHA, the earliest random access method, was developed at the University of Hawaii in early 1970. It was designed for a radio (wireless) LAN, but it can be used on any shared medium. It is obvious that there are potential collisions in this arrangement. The medium is shared between the stations. When a station sen...
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CSMA/CA

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Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) was invented for wireless networks. Collisions are avoided through the use of CSMA/CA’s three strategies: the interframe space, the contention window, and acknowledgments, Interframe Space (IFS)   First, collisions are avoided by deferring transmission even if the channel is found idle. When an idle channel is found, the station does not send immediately. It waits for a period of time called the interframe space or IFS. Even though the channel may appear idle when it is sensed, a distant station may have already started transmitting. The distant station’s signal has not yet reached this station. The IFS time allows the front of the transmitted signal by the distant station to reach this station. After waiting an IFS time, if the channel is still idle, the station can send, but it still needs to wait a time equal to the contention window. The IFS vari...
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CSMA,MAC

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Carrier Sense Multiple Access To minimize the chance of collision and, therefore, increase the performance, the CSMA method was developed. The chance of collision can be reduced if a station senses the medium before trying to use it. Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) requires that each station first listen to the medium before sending. CSMA is based on the principle “sense before transmit” or “listen before talk.” CSMA can reduce the possibility of collision, but it cannot eliminate it. The reason for a space and time model of a CSMA network. Stations are connected to a shared channel (usually a dedicated medium). At time t1, station B senses the medium and finds it idle, so it sends a frame. At time t2 (t2 > t1), station C senses the medium and finds it idle because, at this time, the first bits from station B have not reached station C. Station C also sends a frame. The two signals collide and both frames are destroyed. Vulnerable Time The vulnerable t...
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