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    IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards, the medium access control (MAC), also called media access control, is the layer that controls the hardware responsible for interaction...
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  • medium and varying topology. The shared medium dictates that channel access must be regulated in some way. This is often done using a medium access control...
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    network scheduler. ifconfig is also commonly used to change the medium access control (MAC) address of an interface. In this process, the network interface...
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  • channel access method may also be a part of the multiple access protocol and control mechanism, also known as medium access control (MAC). Medium access control...
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  • A MAC address (short for medium access control address or media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller...
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  • Amendment 6: Medium Access Control (MAC) Security Enhancements" (PDF). p. 33. "IEEE 802.11i-2004 Standard Amendment 6: Medium Access Control (MAC) Security...
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  • In computer security, mandatory access control (MAC) refers to a type of access control by which a secured environment (e.g., an operating system or a...
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  • carried in NR+ networks. Medium access control main services are radio resource control and data transfer. Radio resource control ensures the #Co-Existence...
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    area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless...
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  • Carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA) is a medium access control (MAC) protocol in which a node verifies the absence of other traffic before transmitting...
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  • seven-layer OSI model. The LLC sublayer acts as an interface between the medium access control (MAC) sublayer and the network layer. The LLC sublayer provides...
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    be mentioned, where the medium access control (MAC) layer requests certain services from the physical layer. Service access points are also used in IEEE...
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    for nodes to share the bus, they use a medium access control technology such as carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA) or a bus master. "Network Topologies"...
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  • February 20, 2019. 802.11 Working Group. Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications. 2016. New York, NY:...
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  • Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) is a medium access control (MAC) method used most notably in early Ethernet technology...
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  • switching or multiplexing. More complex medium access control protocols for sharing the transmission medium may use carrier sense and collision detection...
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  • paths. In most wireless ad hoc networks, the nodes compete for access to shared wireless medium, often resulting in collisions (interference). Collisions can...
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    called a cell. A media access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU or MPDU) is a message that is exchanged between media access control (MAC) entities in a...
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  • Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance for Wireless (MACAW) is a slotted medium access control (MAC) protocol widely used in ad hoc networks. Furthermore...
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  • that operates at the medium access control layer and defines connectionless data confidentiality and integrity for media access independent protocols...
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    unusable for calls, even to 911. It can be also used as a channel or medium access technology, like ALOHA for example or as a permanent pilot/signalling...
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    spectral efficiency. Previously, LoRaWAN has relied upon ALOHA as the medium access control (MAC) layer protocol, but to improve this, the LoRa Alliance's Technical...
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    subgroup, within a service set, of devices that share physical-layer medium access characteristics (e.g. radio frequency, modulation scheme, security settings)...
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    effect is the basis for the code-division multiple access (CDMA) method of multi-user medium access, which allows multiple transmitters to share the same...
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    Metropolitan Area Networks- Specific Requirements Part Ii: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications. (n.d.). doi:10.1109/ieeestd...
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  • parties contending for access to a medium, without concern for their ultimate destination. When devices attempt to use a medium simultaneously, frame collisions...
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  • based on Bluetooth technology. It defines physical layer (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) specification for wireless connectivity with fixed, portable...
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  • Distributed coordination function (category Media access control)
    fundamental medium access control (MAC) technique of the IEEE 802.11-based WLAN standard (including Wi-Fi). DCF employs a carrier-sense multiple access with...
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    access point (AP), but cannot directly communicate with other nodes that are communicating with that AP. This leads to difficulties in medium access control...
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    Metropolitan Area Networks- Specific Requirements Part Ii: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications. (n.d.). doi:10.1109/ieeestd...
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