Talk:Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance: Difference between revisions

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It is important to concentrate on the protocol itself in the article. Yes, wireless is the most common current use, but that is by no means and intrinsic part of the protocol itself. [[User:Snori|Snori]] ([[User talk:Snori|talk]]) 18:40, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

==CS ''versus'' CA==

If [[Carrier Sensesense Multiplemultiple Accessaccess]] (CSMA)]] ''"...is a probabilistic Media Access Control (MAC) protocol in which a node verifies the absence of other traffic before transmitting on a shared transmission medium"'', then what does /CA add? This CSMA/CA article currently states that ''"...carrier sensing is used, but nodes attempt to avoid collisions by transmitting only when the channel is sensed to be "idle"..."'' - but surely this is true of CSMA/CD too? [[User:Snori|Snori]] ([[User talk:Snori|talk]]) 18:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)