CSMA

E201247
medium access control protocol network protocol

CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access) is a network protocol that helps devices share a communication medium by listening before transmitting to reduce data collisions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
CSMA/CD 4
CSMA/CA 3
ALOHA protocol 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medium access control protocol ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ
accessMethodType contention-based ⓘ
appliesTo local area networks ⓘ
wireless networks (via CSMA/CA) ⓘ
assumption propagation delay is non-zero ⓘ
stations can sense carrier on the medium ⓘ
backoffBehavior may wait random time before retransmission ⓘ
category random access protocol ⓘ
collisionHandling collisions may still occur due to propagation delay ⓘ
contrastedWith Time Division Multiple Access ⓘ
surface form: TDMA

token passing ⓘ
designGoal improve channel utilization compared to ALOHA ⓘ
feature each station senses the channel before transmitting ⓘ
probabilistic occurrence of collisions ⓘ
transmission deferred if channel is busy ⓘ
fullName CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
hasExtension CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CSMA/CA

CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CSMA/CD
hasVariant 1-persistent CSMA ⓘ
non-persistent CSMA ⓘ
p-persistent CSMA ⓘ
influencedBy CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ALOHA protocol
keyMechanism carrier sensing ⓘ
listen before transmit ⓘ
limitation cannot completely eliminate collisions ⓘ
inefficient under very high load ⓘ
performance affected by propagation delay ⓘ
mediumType multiaccess channel ⓘ
operatesOn broadcast channel ⓘ
shared communication medium ⓘ
originField computer networking ⓘ
performanceDependsOn network load ⓘ
propagation time relative to frame time ⓘ
predecessorTo CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CSMA/CA

CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CSMA/CD
primaryGoal coordinate access to a shared medium ⓘ
reduce data collisions ⓘ
relatedTo Ethernet ⓘ
Wi‑Fi ⓘ
sensingAction detects whether the medium is idle or busy ⓘ
usedFor sharing a common transmission channel among multiple stations ⓘ
usedInLayer data link layer ⓘ
usedInStandard IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.11 (conceptually via CSMA/CA)

IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.3
usedInSubLayer MAC sublayer ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CSMA → abbreviation → CSMA ⓘ
10BASE5 → accessMethod → CSMA ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CD
LocalTalk → uses → CSMA ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CA
CSMA → fullName → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMA → hasExtension → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CD
CSMA → hasExtension → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CA
CSMA → predecessorTo → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CD
CSMA → predecessorTo → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CA
CSMA → influencedBy → CSMA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALOHA protocol
IEEE 802.4 token bus → contrastWith → CSMA ⓘ
this entity surface form: CSMA/CD