In wireless LAN networks, what mechanism corresponds to CSMA/CD in wired networks?
CSMA/CA is the IEEE 802.11 wireless-medium access method. Wireless stations use carrier sensing and collision-avoidance measures, such as waiting and randomized backoff, because they cannot reliably detect collisions while transmitting as wired Ethernet devices can. The similar expansion using “Media Access” is not the standardized meaning of CSMA; the M stands for Multiple.
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