MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL

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Information on Media access control protocol (MAC protocol)

The media access control protocol (MAC protocol) is a sub-layer of the data link of the OSI reference model. The media access control sub-layer defines how a transmitting station gains access to the network media. Common MAC protocols are carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection (CSMA/CD) and token-passing.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Media access control protocol include: 
 
  • carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection (CSMA/CD)
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  • token passing
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  • Logical Link Control (LLC)

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