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Wi-Fi Contention & CSMA/CA

6 questions · ~5 min · intermediate

These six questions cover why Wi-Fi is really an airtime-sharing system: hidden nodes, backoff windows, NAV, RTS/CTS, and what OFDMA changes.

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Why does Wi-Fi use CSMA/CA instead of CSMA/CD like classic Ethernet?

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