Title: Assignment 5 - Multiple Access
Course: KVCC CPT128 > Section: Assignments

For the last few classes we have been discussing the concept of Multiple Access. Answer the following questions:

1. What does multiple access mean?

2. Why is it a concern when it comes to networking?

3. What is the difference between static and dynamic channel allocation? Give a scenario for each.

4. Describe the difference between error detecting and error correcting and provide an in-depth example of each?

5. What is a collision?

6. Why is a collision a problem?

7. Describe each of the three collision free protocols we discussed in class:

a. Bitmap

b. Token Passing

c. Binary Countdown

8. Which of the above do you think is the best designed and is the most efficient? Why?

9. In class, we discussed the idea of the idea of Wireless and why it is a problem with collisions and other communication problems. Two of the concerns were the hidden terminal, and exposed terminal. Define each.

10.   Explain what an RTS and CTS is and how it is used in Wireless?

Attached Files: | - KVCC CPT128_FundNetworkAdmin_Assignment 5.pdf