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Thursday, July 5, 2007

CSMA/CD Flowchart

CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detect

The following greatly simplifies the operation of CSMA/CD protocol on ethernet networks. Before any computer gets access control to the medium it follows the following pattern prior to transmission. The important thing to note about CSMA/CD is the jam signal and backoff algorithm process which happens everytime a collision is detected. They are most of the time included in the exam.