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In telecommunications and computer networks, a channel access method or multiple access method allows more than two terminals connected to the same transmission medium to transmit over it and to share its capacity. [1] Examples of shared physical media are wireless networks, bus networks, ring networks and point-to-point links operating in half ...
On a local area network, token passing is a channel access method where a packet called a token is passed between nodes to authorize that node to communicate. [1] [2] [3] In contrast to polling access methods, there is no pre-defined "master" node. [4]
Time-division multiple access (TDMA) is a channel access method for shared-medium networks. It allows several users to share the same frequency channel by dividing the signal into different time slots. [1] The users transmit in rapid succession, one after the other, each using its own time slot.
Self-organized time-division multiple access (STDMA or SOTDMA) is a channel access method designed by Håkan Lans, [1] based on time-division multiplexing.. The term "self-organized" describes the manner in which time slots are assigned to users.
Collisions are a condition that arises when two or more data stations attempt to transmit at the same time over a shared channel, or when two data stations attempt to transmit at the same time in a half duplex communication link. A contention-based channel access (multiple access) protocol is a protocol where data packet collisions may occur ...
This token passing is a channel access method providing fair access for all stations, and eliminating the collisions of contention-based access methods. Token Ring was a successful technology, particularly in corporate environments, but was gradually eclipsed by the later versions of Ethernet. Gigabit Token Ring was standardized in 2001. [1]
The channel access control mechanism relies on a physical layer multiplex scheme. The most widespread multiple access method is the contention-based CSMA/CD used in Ethernet networks. This mechanism is only utilized within a network collision domain, for example, an Ethernet bus network or a hub-based star topology network.
In telecommunication, a shared medium is a medium or channel of information transfer that serves more than one user at the same time. [1]In order for most channels to function correctly, no more than one user can be transmitting at a time, so a channel access method must always be in effect.