Chapter 4: The Medium Access Control Sublayer
Contents:
4.1 The Channel Allocation Problem
4.2 Multiple Access Protocols
4.3 Ethernet
4.4 Wireless LANs
4.5 Broadband Wireless
4.6 Bluetooth
4.7 RFID
4.8 Data Link Layer Switching4.1 The Channel Allocation Problem
4.2 Multiple Access Protocols
- ALOHAnet Wikipedia article
- Aloha Protocol as defined at www.laynetworks.com
- Channel access method Wikipedia article
- The CSMA/CD Protocol brief description of CSMA/CD
- CSMA/CD as defined at www.linktionary.com
- CSMA Wikipedia article
- CSMA/CD Wikipedia article
- Token passing Wikipedia article
- Token ring Wikipedia article
- Communication Protocols for Embedded Systems Article that contains brief descriptions of a number of multi-access protocols, at Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
- MACA - A New Channel Access Method for Packet Radio Phil Karn's original paper on MACA at Phil Karn's home page
4.3 Ethernet
- Classic Ethernet (Shared Ethernet) Brief article explaining some of its characteristics
- Ethernet Wikipedia Article
- 802.3 Wikipedia Article
- Gigabit Ethernet Wikipedia Article
- 10 Gbps Ethernet IEEE task force home page
- IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group home page
- IEEE 802.3 (CSMA/CA) See also Ethernet
- IEEE 802 Committee Page Home page of the IEEE 802 committee, also at www.ieee802.org
- 10 Gbps Ethernet Alliance Group of companies promoting it
- 100GE - 100G Ethernet Page Provides various information about 100Gbps Ethernet
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet Comprehensive report in PDF format, from Ohio State University Computer Science and Engineering
- Ethernet resources Links to many resources related to Ethernet
- Binary Exponential Backoff in Ethernet: Origin Brief article describing the history of adaptive backoff algorithms for multiple access at The Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin
- Exponential backoff Wikipedia Article
- Switched Ethernet as described at HowStuffWorks
- Switched Ethernet Description with some animated illustrations, at yourdictionary.com
4.4 Wireless LANs
- IEEE 802.11, The Working Group Setting the Standards for Wireless LANs.
- WiFi Alliance
- IEEE 802.11x and 802.11aa IEEE standards for authentication
- Wi-Fi Planet News and hype about IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
- IEEE 802.11 Wikipedia article
- ZigBee versus other wireless networking standards A comparison with Bluetooth, 802.11, etc.
4.5 Broadband Wireless
- IEEE 802.16 (Wireless MAN) Fixed broadband (MMDS and LMDS)
- Wireless broadband Wikipedia article
- IEEE 802.16 Wikipedia article
- WiMAX Wikipedia article
- WiMAX Forum Industry news, press releases, white papers, etc.
4.6 Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Alliance of more than 2,000 companies developing Bluetooth products
- Spread Spectrum Scene Bluetooth Links Links to various Bluetooth-related resources, including several tutorials
- Comparison of Bluetooth to other short-range wireless standards From Wireless Developer Network
- Ericsson's Bluetooth Information Technical information mixed with vendor hype, from the technology's inventors
- IEEE 802.15 Group Open standard based on Bluetooth
- Incisor Free monthly magazine published by the Bluetooth SIG's PR company
- Wikipedia Article
- IEEE 802.15 (Wireless PAN) See also Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Special Interest Group
- ZigBee:
- What is ZigBee? Brief description of ZigBee from WiseGeek
ZigBee Alliance Industry Association promoting an open global ZigBee standard- IEEE 802.15 Group Open standard based on Bluetooth
- ZigBee Wikipedia Article
- ZigBee versus other wireless networking standards A comparison with Bluetooth, 802.11, etc.
4.7 RFID
- RFID JournalOnline version of magazine with industry news
- rfid.org Standards, links, resources
- How RFID Works at HowStuffWorks
- RFid Gazette Radio Frequency Identification news and commentary.
- RFID Wikipedia Article
- Perspective: RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages Opinion article from CNET
4.8 Data Link Layer Switching
- LAN Switching LAN switching tutorial from Cisco
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wikipedia article
- Virtual LANs
- IEEE 802.1Q Home Page Many 802.1Q links
- Virtual LAN s Links to articles about VLANs
- VLAN Tutorial everything about VLANs, from Computer-Network.net
- VLAN Basics Tutorial A brief tutorial on VLANs.
- Virtual LAN Wikipedia Article
- Multiprotocol Label Switching article at Cisco
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