April 2009
Intermediate to advanced
765 pages
19h 26m
English
IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:
CSMA/CA vs. CSMA/CD
Collision detection
Distributed Coordination Function (DCF)
Interframe space (IFS)
Duration/ID field
Carrier sense
Random back-off timer
Point Coordination Function (PCF)
Hybrid Coordination Function (HCF)
Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA)
HCF Controlled Channel Access (HCCA)
Block acknowledgment (BA)
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)

Network communication requires a set of rules to provide controlled and efficient access to the network medium. Media access control (MAC) is the generic term used when discussing the different methods of access. ...