COLLISION
Communications Systems Glossary
Communications Systems — Collision
Information on Collision
In a carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA) media-access control protocol, a collision occurs when two stations attempt to transmit at the same time. Since the messages interfere with each other, the collision must be avoided or detected.
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