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Stations can transfer data following one of several access mechanisms. A first access mechanism is known as carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) according to which a station senses the wireless medium before beginning a transmission. The station can either use a physical carrier sensing mecha... See more
Stations can transfer data following one of several access mechanisms. A first access mechanism is known as carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) according to which a station senses the wireless medium before beginning a transmission. The station can either use a physical carrier sensing mechanism or, preferably, the station can use a virtual carrier sensing mechanism as provided in the IEEE 802.11 specification with the network allocation vector (NAV). Such access mechanism is also referred to as the distributed coordination function (DCF), which is a contention based channel access that all stations use when they compete for the medium. A second access mechanism is a centrally controlled one that uses a poll and response protocol to avoid collision and contention. This access mechanism is also called the Point Coordination Function and is managed by a Point Coordinator (PC) usually located in an access point (AP). Stations transmit requests to the PC that logs the requests in a polling list and polls the stations one after another for traffic while also delivering traffic to them. The PCF is the preferred access mechanism when time-sensitive multimedia content is transmitted over a crowded environment. The PCF may be used together with the distributed coordination function (DCF).
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