802.11 architecture uses two types of modes, which are as follows −Infrastructure ModeThe most popular mode used to connect clients like laptops and smartphones to another network such as company intranet or internet.This mode is shown below −In infrastructure mode every client is associated with an Access point which is ... Read More

Ethernet is a way of connecting computers together in LAN, it is the most widely used method of linking computers together in LANs. The basic idea of its design is that multiple computers have access to it and can send data at any time.Token Ring is also a computer networking ... Read More

Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC between 1973 and 1974. Engineer Bob Metcalfe invented it for interconnecting advanced computer workstations, making it possible to send data to one another and to high-speed laser printers.It was originally intended to create a network in a small area known as a Local Area ... Read More

Protocols in which stations listen for a carrier and act accordingly are called Carrier Sense Protocols. Multiple Access tells the fact that multiple nodes send and receive on the medium.Transmissions of one node are received by all other nodes using the medium. Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) is a probabilistic ... Read More

The collision free protocols are of three type and they are as follows −Bit map protocolToken passingBinary countdownNow let see about binary countdown protocol −Binary CountdownThe binary countdown is explained below in stepwise manner −Step 1 − A problem with the bit map protocol and token passing is that overhead ... Read More

Bit map protocol is called collision free Protocol. In bitmap protocol, each contention period consists of exactly N slots. If any station has to send a frame, then it transmits a 1 bit in the respective slot.Bitmap AlgorithmThe algorithm of Bit Map protocol is explained below −Step 1 − We ... Read More

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) is a random-access protocol (multiple access protocol) that is used to minimise the chance of collision and increase performance. The main principle used is 'sense before transmit'. CSMA is using a shared medium which means any data passed with a common interconnection network.The Carrier Sense ... Read More

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) is a random-access protocol (multiple access protocol) that is used to minimise the chance of collision and increase performance. The main principle used is 'sense before transmit'. CSMA is using a shared medium which means any data passed with a common interconnection network.The Carrier Sense ... Read More

Aloha is a packet switching system. The time interval required to transmit one packet is called a slot. Aloha is a random access technique.There are two ALOHA protocols as follows −Pure ALOHASlotted ALOHANow let us see what Pure ALOHA is.Pure ALOHAThe mode of random access in which users can transmit ... Read More

Aloha is a packet switching system. The time interval required to transmit one packet is called a slot. Aloha is a random access technique.There are two ALOHA protocols as follows −Pure ALOHASlotted ALOHANow let us see what Slotted ALOHA is −Slotted ALOHAThe slotted ALOHA is explained below in stepwise manner ... Read More