Talk:Channel access method

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OSI layer?

I removed the following formulation: "In the OSI seven layer model, channel access methods are typically placed at layer 1, the physical layer." Instead I added that MAC is handled by the datalink layer, and multiplex by the physical layer. Okay? Mange01 22:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should this article be a laundry list? Suggestions for improvement

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Actually, I like lists! But okay, I suggest the following:

The cathegorization should be further explained, for example the difference between resource reservation schemes, contention based random access and circuit mode schemes.
Important application examples should be added after each method, for example GSM after TDMA, and Ethernet after CDMA/CD.

I don't think we should abondone the well-structured list, and convert everything into long paragraphs that may be hard to survey. If someone wants a definition of each channel access method, it can be found just one click away. (I also would prefer a well-structured "landry list" of multiplex methods instead of long paragraphs on the modulation article).

A question: Is it possible to make a navigational box for channel access methods, similar to Template:Modulation techniques?

Mange01 01:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have a Contention (telecommunications) article yet...

We do have various Ethernet, 802.3, and CSMA/CA articles, but nothing specifically on the concept of contention. The contention disambiguation page, until today, had multiple "red link" entries.

I discovered this after coming across Contention free pollable and realizing there hasn't been anything written to define contention yet. I don't like to add red links normally, but in this case I'm going to change the contention (disambiguation) link on this article to point to the yet-to-be-made Contention (telecommunications). E_dog95'^{Hi '} 22:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point! Why not be brave and start creating the stub? I don't think it should be redirected to CSMA/CD as it is now. A red link is better.

We don't have an article on the concept of random multiple access either. Is that always the same thing as contention based multiple access? Somehow the packet oriented channel access methods should be divided into channelization protocols, polling/polled protocols, reservation protocols, and contention based random multiple access protocols. This may be done in this article as well as in the media access control article. These concepts may also be mentioned in the statistical multiplexing, dynamic bandwidth allocation and packet mode articles. Mange01 08:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]