Collision avoidance (networking)

Short description: Method to avoid network resource contention

In computer networking and telecommunication, collision-avoidance methods try to avoid resource contention by attempting to avoid simultaneous attempts to access the same resource.

Collision-avoidance methods include prior scheduling of timeslots, carrier-detection schemes, randomized access times, and exponential backoff after collision detection.

See also

• Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
• Polling
• Collision domain

External links

• Lenzini, L.; Luise, M.; Reggiannini, R. (June 2001). "CRDA: A Collision Resolution and Dynamic Allocation MAC Protocol to Integrate Date and Voice in Wireless Networks". IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IEEE Communications Society) 19 (6): 1153–1163. doi:10.1109/49.926371. ISSN 0733-8716.