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Wi-Fi Contention & CSMA/CA

6 questions · ~5 min · intermediate

Wi-Fi is a scheduling problem dressed as a radio problem. The lab lets you stack stations and watch DCF, NAV, and backoffs play out frame by frame.

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

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