Computer Networking Unit 3 (MAC Sublayer, Distributed Random Access Schemes/Contention Schemes, Collision Free Protocols, MLMA Limited Contention Protocols and High Speed LAN)

MAC Sublayer: MAC Addressing, Binary Exponential Back-off (BEB) Algorithm, Distributed Random Access Schemes/Contention Schemes: for Data Services (ALOHA and SlottedALOHA), for Local-Area Networks (CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA), Collision Free Protocols: Basic Bit Map, BRAP, Binary Count Down, MLMA Limited Contention Protocols: Adaptive Tree Walk, URN Protocol, High Speed LAN: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, Performance Measuring Metrics. IEEE Standards 802 series & their variant.