TheMediumAccessSublayer.ppt

CHAPTER 4 THE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL SUBLAYER(介质访问子层) The channel allocation problem Multiple access protocols 802.3: Ethernet 802.11: Wireless LANs 802.15: Bluetooth 802.16: Broadband wireless Data link layer switching THE CHANNEL ALLOCATION PROBLEM Two types of network: Those using point-to-point connection. Those using broadcast channels. In any broadcast network, the key issue is how to determine who gets to use the channel when there is competition for it. Consider a telephone conference call. Broadcast channels are sometimes referred to as multiaccess channels or random access ch